THE AGE OF REVOLUTION MID-VICTORIAN EXPANSION AND THE WORLD Ottoman Empire –Egypt India China (Opium Wars)
Ottoman Loss of Territories
Ottoman Empire Growing trade (18 th -19 th centuries) Attacks by Russia French occupation of Egypt (1798) Algeria (1830) Free Trade Treaty (1838) Domestic Reform Serbian Uprising (1804), Greek Revolution (1821), Egyptian Revolt (1831, 1838) Bankruptcy (1876)
Sultan Abd ülmecid S üleyman I (Magnificent)
Topkapı Palace Dolmabahçe Palace
Egypt Napoleon 1798 Mehmed Ali ( ) Revolt against the Ottomans – , Suez Canal (1869) –Ferdinand De Lesseps –Purchased by Britain in 1875 Bankrupt, occupied by Britain 1882
Mehmed Ali
Egypt Napoleon 1798 Mehmed Ali ( ) Revolt against the Ottomans – , Suez Canal (1869) –Ferdinand De Lesseps –Purchased by Britain in 1875 Bankrupt, occupied by Britain 1882
Ferdinand De Lesseps SUEZ CANAL
India British colonial rule, Phase I ( ) –Make India like Britain (Intrusive) –Sepoy Army and Sepoy Rebellion ( ) British colonial rule, Phase II ( ) –End of Company rule, –Victoria becomes the Empress of India, (Protector of things Indian) –Rule through privileged Indians (Raj)
China and the Opium Wars Chinese restrictions (1729, 1797, 1799) –Lin Zexu (1838) –First Opium War ( ) Nanjing Treaty (1842) –Second Opium War ( )
Nanjing Treaty (1842 ) China pays indemnity Cedes Hong Kong Amnesty Trade liberalization
Palmerston (British PM)
Second Opium War ( )
Opium factory in northern India 1880s
Taiping Rebellion ( ) Hong Xiuquan Heavenly King of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (1850) Ever Victorious Army –Frederick Ward –General Gordon
Hong Xiuquan Heavenly King of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (1851)
Taiping Rebellion ( ) Hong Xiuquan Heavenly King of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (1850) Ever Victorious Army –Frederick Ward –General Gordon
Commander Frederick Ward Ever Victorious Army
Chinese Gordon Gordon Pasha (1864)(1883)