1. The New Imperialism History 104 / March 8, 2013

2. Britain in Asia: the Opium War (1839-42)

3. Opium smokers in China

4. Britain in Asia: suppressing the Sepoy Mutiny (1857-58)

5. Britain in Asia: Victoria proclaimed Empress of India, 1877

6. British & French financiers build the Suez Canal (1859-1869)

7. Leopold II King of Belgium, 1865-1909 The “Congo Free State”: slave-plantation conditions

8. Lüderitz: a German colony in Southwest Africa (founded 1883)

9. The Berlin Conference (1884-85): Europeans divide up Africa

10. Africa in 1886 Note: German colonies are dark purple (not green as indicated in the key)

11. Africa in 1914

12. French conquests in Indochina (Vietnam), 1883-84

13. From the “open door” to spheres of influence in China (late 1800s)

14. China’s Boxer Rebellion (1898-1900): revenge against foreigners The “Righteous and Harmonious Fists” attack a Russian steamship

15. Expeditionary forces sent against the Boxers: Britain Germany Russia France Italy Austria-Hungary the United States Japan

16. Commodore Perry forces Japan to open up to trade (1853)

17. The Meiji Restoration (1868)

18. The “Great Game” in Afghanistan (Britain vs. Russia)

19. Colonizing Manchuria (Russia vs. Japan)

20. The Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

21. Complications in Africa: Ethiopians beat Italy at Adowa (1896)

22. Complications in Africa: the Franco-British showdown at Fashoda (1898) British colonies = green French colonies = pink

23. The Boer War (1899-1902): Britain’s Cape Colony vs. the Dutch farmers (Boer) of the interior

24. Paul Kruger (1825-1904)

25. German troops mobilize to suppress the Herero Uprising in South West Africa (1904-7)