WH sem2 part 3
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- sepoy rebellion
- The revolt of Indian soldiers against certain practices that violated religious customs
- Africa
- carved up by Europeans for gold and rubber
- Rape of Nanjing (NanKing)
- reveals the brutality of the Japanese
- opium
- smuggled into China (made in India)
- mercantilism
- goods are made (and sold) rather than bought, in order to keep money in country
- Emperor resists
- summer palace is looted and burned
- Japan
- was isolationist but opens to trade after commodore Matt Perry visits
- opium wars
- china cracks down-British gun boats win
- China
- because of confucious beliefs, innovation is discouraged
- European vs. Chinese trade
- china trades porcelain, tea, and silk for silver, Europe realizes they are losing money and trades furs, sandelwood, and opium
- Meiji era
- industrialization, modernize, militarization
- Imperial Expansion
- Korea, Manchuria, China
- Qing Dynasty (Manchuria)
- corrupt and aloof
- imperialism
- a powerful country controls a weaker one
- India
- Owned by the British who force them to grow cotton instead of food causing starvation
- spheres of influence
- exclusive "trade turf"
- Henry Stanley
- goes to Africa to find Dr. Livingston, later stakes out Congo for the Belgian King
- Europe
- creates colonies for raw materials and markets
- U.S. boycott on oil
- leads to Pearl Harbor