1. Asian Imperialism

2. Imperialism: When one country takes control of another country. One country may control the other’s government, trade, or culture.

4. India

5. Mughal Empire

7. Causes of Sepoy Unrest A new law allowed widowed women to remarry, Rifle cartridges were rumored to be greased with animal fat.

9. Sepoy Indian troops dividing the spoils after their mutiny against British rule

10. The hanging of two participants in the Indian Rebellion of 1857

11. Japan

12. Japan Changes Direction During the Meiji Era: 1868 - 1912 Commodore Matthew Perry

13. Japanese Print of Perry’s Fleet

14. 1853 – Commodore Matthew Perry “Opens Up” Japan to Western Trade!

15. What Did the U. S. Want??  Coaling stations.  More trading partners.  A haven for ship-wrecked sailors.

16. The Treaty of Kanagawa - 1854

17. Effects of the Treaty of Kanagawa Many Japanese felt that the shogun had shown weakness in front of the foreigners by agreeing to the treaty. Some Japanese felt the need to modernize Japan in order to compete with the Western powers. A rebellion overthrew the shogun, restoring the emperor to power.

18. Emperor Meiji

19. The Meiji Revolt - 1868  A powerful group of samurai overthrow the Shogun.  Sakamoto Ryoma, the hero.  He helped Japan emerge from feudalism into a unified modern state.

20. Samurai of the Chosyu clan, during the Meiji Restoration

21. The Shogunate Is Overthrown!  The last Shogun.  Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

22. Newspaper Cartoon, 1870s? Enlightened Half-Enlightened Un-Enlightened

23. The Japanese Became Obsessed with Western Styles Civilization and Enlightenment!

24. The Rulers Set the Tone with Western Dress Emperor Meiji Empress Haruko (1868- 1912)

25. Changing Women’s Fashions 1900 Styles The First “Miss Japan” (1908)

26. Meiji Reforms Abolition of the feudal system Land Redistribution Human Rights & Religious Freedom Build a Modern Navy (British) Westernize the School System (Fr. & Ger.) Modernize the Army (Prussian) Written Constitution (Germans) Modern Banking System

27. The National Diet Building, Tokyo Joint session of the Diet of Japan

28. A Constitutional Government Copied from the Germans The Emperor of Japan The Diet (Legislative Body) House of Representatives House of Peers 1889 Constitution of Japan

29. China

30. Opium Wars 1840-1842

31. Painting of a sea battle during the First Opium War

32. Partial view of the ruins of the Upper North Taku Fort, China. This photograph was taken by Felice Beato on the morning of 21 August 1860, shortly after the fort was attacked and captured by Anglo-French forces in one of the key battles of the Second Opium War.

33. A shocked mandarin in Manchu robe in the back, with Queen Victoria (Great Britain), Wilhelm II (Germany), Nicholas II (Russia), Marianne (France), and an Emperor Meiji (Japan) discussing how to cut up a plate with Chine ("China" in French) written on it.

34. Taiping Rebellion Beginning in 1850 and lasting until 1864, Chinese peasants revolted against the corrupt and crumbling Qing dynasty government to protest their growing poverty. While these rebels had temporary success in overthrowing the government in some areas of China, it eventually failed and led to the death of 20-30 million Chinese, due to warfare and starvation.

35. Soldiers on the Battlefield During the Sino-Japanese War The Treaty of Shimonoseki ended the war.

36. Map of battles during the first Sino- Japanese War (1894-95)

38. The Boxer Rebellion By about 1900, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and Russia had come to enjoy substantial spheres of influence over China. Anti-foreigner movements began breaking out. These included a group called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists, often simply known, at least in English, as the Boxers. Boxer Soldiers, 1901

39. The Boxer Rebellion They attacked foreigners who were building railroads as well as Christians who were held responsible for the foreign domination of China. Tens of thousands of Chinese Christians, Catholic and Protestant alike, were killed. A Boxer rebel

40. A German political cartoon about the Boxer rebellion

41. US Military soldier in his quarters during the Boxer rebellion. The 8 Nation Alliance helped to put down the rebellion: America, Russia, Britain, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

42. Sun Yat-sen and the Republic of China When workers, peasants, students and warlords toppled the monarchy in 1911, Sun Yat-sen named president of the new Republic of China.

43. “Three Principles of the People” The people’s government, the people’s rights, and the people’s livelihood. The principles called for: –Political unification and an end to foreign influence. –A gradual change to democratic government with full personal liberties and rights for all Chinese people. –Economic improvements that included industrialization and a more equal distribution of land.

44. The Russo-Japanese War: 1904-1905 The Battle of Tsushima: The results startled the world!

45. Painting of Admiral Togo on the bridge of the Japanese battleship Mikasa, before the Battle of Tsushima in 1905.

46. Battlefields of the Russo- Japanese War Manchuria

47. Japanese soldiers' corpses in a trench, with Russian soldiers looking on.

48. President Teddy Roosevelt Mediates the Peace The Treaty of Portsmouth, NH ended the Russo-Japanese War.

49. Japan Annexes Korea

50. Japan Is a Player in China

51. Competition from Another “Pacific” Power Is on the Horizon