Nationalism and Imperialism

1. Nationalism and Imperialism

2. Era of the Modern Revolution (1750-1914) Produced major developments in communication, technology, and ideas, all of which effected changes in the way people saw themselves and the world.

3. Era of the Modern Revolution At the beginning of the era, most people in the world gave allegiance to a religion or religious leader, and the most common statewas the dynastic state, largely consisting of rulers who were “divinely”ordained. By the end of the era, however, religion’s influence was being eroded by science, liberalism, and secularism.

4. Era of the Modern Revolution For the first time, people all over the globe saw themselves as members of a nation for which they were willing to fight and die. Such nationalism led to increased competition between powerful Western nations, which scrambled to increase their legitimacy by colonizing Asia and Africa. Even those non-Western nations that remained self-governing were unable to escape the changes wrought by new technologies and ideas.

5. Era of the Modern Revolution As imperial powers spread to other lands, they brought many of their scientific and liberal ideas with them. Some people embraced those ideas whole-heartedly and even used them to their advantage. In Africa, for example, elite men and women educated in Western-style schools became leaders in the African anti-colonialist and nationalist movements in the twentieth century. Others embraced liberal ideas in some spheres, like the military and industry, while rejecting democracy. Sometimes, disagreements over how to react to Western hegemony led to rifts within communities. Some Muslim leaders, for example, were torn over how to deal with Western intrusion, causing debates within Islam that can still be felt today.

6. Creating ADefinition ofNationalism

7. 1- Defining Nationalism Read the excerpts. Circle or highlight all the examples you can find of nationalistic attributes - example- common language. Make a master list on the back. Rank the three countries as to how well they meet the attributes.

8. Defining Nationalism • What did you come up with? What elements do you think make up nationalism? • language • history • race • culture • shared identity • loyalty of nation over loyalty to individuals or groups • political claims to have own sovereignty

9. Examples & Non-Examples of Nationalism • Use our class list of nationalism attributes and compare to these examples • Which ones fit and which ones don’t? Why?

10. Development of Nationalism in India and the Ottoman Empire (1850-1914)

11. Your task: construct timelines (2) on the development of nationalism in • Ottoman Empire • India

12. 1. Create a timeline with at least 5 events (1814-1950) for each nation 2. Under each event list details as to how this event contributed to nationalism 3. You should note if people changed in how they identified themselves. For India and for Ottoman Empire use handouts For India use Human Experience book (pp. 713-714) and use Holt History Book (p. 675-676) For Ottoman Empire use Wikipedia: Ottoman Empire - then search Decline and Modernization 1828-1908)

13. Examining Indiaand Ottoman Empire

14. Elements of Nationalism (take notes) 1. Valuing a collective identity based on history, language, race, and/or ethnicity 2. Believing a certain group of people is bonded together because of a shared identity 3.Placing loyalty to a defined nation above loyalty to other groups or individual interests. 4. Making political claims on behalf of a defined nation, especially the right of a nation to form a sovereign state.

15. India and Ottoman Empire • Similarities? • Differences? • Why did these differences occur? • Did religion play a significant role?

16. You each will receive a section of the primary resources you examined earlier. Circle the key elements of nationalism and be prepared to explain to the class

18. Ottoman Empire: Period of Tanzimat reforms (1839-1876) Imperial Edict proclaiming the equality of all subjects before the law and granting political rights to Christians and Jews (1856) Romania adopts a new constitution (1864) Ottoman Constitution (1876) Russo-Turkish Wars in which Serbia joins Russia against the Ottoman empire (1877-1878) Congress of Berlin: independence of Romania, Montenegro, and Serbia (1878) Young Turks movement (1870s-1914) British forces occupy Egypt (1882) Young Turks depose Sultan Abdulhamid II (1909) Balkan Wars (1912-1913)

20. India Indian Rebellion (1857-1859) Queen Victoria of Great Britain takes the title of Empress of India (1876) British found universities in major Indian cities (1857) Indian National Congress formed (1885) Partition of Bengal (1905) Gandhi begins his campaign of satyagraha (1907) Bal Gangdhar Tilak addresses the Indian National Congress and calls for Home Rule (1908)

21. India and Ottoman Empire • Similarities? • Differences? • Why did these differences occur? • Did religion play a significant role?

22. India and Ottoman Empire How has studying nationalism in the Ottoman empire and India expanded and/or contested your knowledge of nationalism from the previous lesson?(where we defined attributes of nationalism as well as identified examples and non-examples) • You may hand in a written response OR • You may answer the question on our Voicethread. If you choose this option you must hand in a rough draft (bulleted is o.k.) of how you intend to respond. • Either way you must provide specific examples to back up your contentions.

23. Struggles to Retain Old Identities

24. Think about the ways Westerners were “intruding” on regions outside of Europe and North America Military - Culture - Objects - How might things have been different if there had been no exposure?

25. Struggles to Retain Old Identities • Non-Western leaders and thinkers debated how extensively they should adopt Western ways so that their communities could survive the European economic or political domination. • Some leaders wished to retreat into an idealized past, avoiding Western influence altogether • Others were willing to accept change but wanted to confine Western-inspired reforms to certain spheres, such as the military or industrialization

26. Egypt and Japan • One of you will get Egypt and one of you will get Japan • Using handouts and text examine their struggle for identity and complete the Venn diagram

27. Egypt and Japan • What role did nationalism and religion play in the national identity prior to significant contact with the West? • What role did nationalism and religion play in people’s struggles to retain their identity? • What role did nationalism and religion play in forming new aspects of the national identity following significant contact with the West?

29. Significantly New Identities After Meeting the West Identities Intact After Meeting the West Old Identities Before Meeting The West • Tokugawa - Edo • W/ Shogunate- Diamyo - Samurai • Emperor only figurehead • standardizing weights, laws, roads • economy grew • Strict isolationalist • unique Japanese culture flourished • high literacy rates • Shinto religion • some industrial expansion • financial difficulties • 1853 Commodore Perry enters Japan with superior naval force • Japan forced to open ports to trade • Samurai win civil war - traditionalists gone - Meiji restoration • samurai remain but become bureaucrats • education remains but becomes expanded and universalized • Industry but now much more modern • women still inferior • Shintoism stronger • new Western ways adopted in gov’t and industry • modern military • Buddhism restricted • Japanese culture adopts Western culture -hair, diet, fashion

31. Significantly New Identities After Meeting the West Identities Intact After Meeting the West Old Identities Before Meeting The West • 1798- France briefly battle Egypt (Napoleon) • 1801 British Ottoman forces in Egypt • 1805 -1840 Muhammed Ali controls Egypt - • modernizes army • Increase agriculture • modernizes infrastructure • Khedives follow and are ineffective • focus only on cotton • Muslim identity - important meeting place for Middle Eastern Muslims • 1859-1869 Suez Canal built • modernize but more Europeans • agriculture still remains the basis - no diversity • more railroads and infrastructure, dams, Suez Canal • foreigners in population • European domination in politics • Muslim identities in conflict with Western Christian identities • Ideas of how to deal with Western influencesdevelops into Pan-Islamism - unifying Muslim Community worldwide • Accept democraticization of the West and scientific ideas • don’t accept ideas of the West - call for return to traditional ideas

32. What role did nationalism and religion play in the nation’s identity prior to significant contact with the West? 2. What role did nationalism and religion play in the people’s struggles to retain their identity? 3. What role did nationalism and religion play in forming new aspects of the nation’s identity following significant contact with the West?

33. Egypt and Japan • Exit ticket • Write a Dear Abbey letter from one of these point of views - express a legitimate concern that a person of that time might have • farmer, merchant, woman, or samurai during the Meiji period in Japan Or • peasant, moderate Muslim, or radical Muslim in late nineteenth-century Egypt.

34. Summary Choose a side and write a persuasive response to the statement: Nationalism was a positive force in the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. Either defend or oppose the statement. Use your work from the unit, and other research to defend your positions.

35. Entry Ticket Write a reflection piece that describes: • Your reaction to the material in the unit. • Your predictions for the role nationalism and religion will play in the remainder of the twentieth century.