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AP World History Chapters 29 – 33 study guide
The canton system- system that allowed china to control European merchants but also the terms of trade in china; control trade with the west within china
Laissez faire economics- a doctrine advocating a hands off government meaning the government had minimum influence and could not regulate or interfere with the states affairs and economy only when necessary
Working and living conditions during the industrial age-the hours under strict and harsh regulation. The work was difficult, dangerous and harsh and the pay was low. Since families usually did not work together and the work hours were very long the family hardly saw each other and lived very separate lives
Social Darwinism-philosophy that used Darwin’s survival of the fittest to justify war and conquering of stronger nations against weaker nations
Commodore Perry- led naval squadron and pointed his guns at Japan forcing them to open commercial and foreign relations with the united states, this led to the unequal treaties
The opium war- when china stopped their opium trade the British were mad bc they received much wealth from it. So they declared a war on the Chinese which they won and this led to the unequal treaties and the trade of opium to be open again
Decline of eth tokugawa- due to foreign intrusion and the unequal treaties, the Chinese began to doubt the shoguns rule. Opposition spread and a small civil war went on and the shoguns were defeated by the more modern battle tactics and weapons.
Decline of ottomans- their empire was to large to control. Also their backbone of the military the janissaries ignored their military trainings and the ottoman army fell apart. The ottomans to were slow in industrialization and lost many battles to the more modern nations. They were also in a lot of debt
Suez Canal and its impact-increased trade and
The canton system- system that allowed china to control European merchants but also the terms of trade in china; control trade with the west within china
Laissez faire economics- a doctrine advocating a hands off government meaning the government had minimum influence and could not regulate or interfere with the states affairs and economy only when necessary
Working and living conditions during the industrial age-the hours under strict and harsh regulation. The work was difficult, dangerous and harsh and the pay was low. Since families usually did not work together and the work hours were very long the family hardly saw each other and lived very separate lives
Social Darwinism-philosophy that used Darwin’s survival of the fittest to justify war and conquering of stronger nations against weaker nations
Commodore Perry- led naval squadron and pointed his guns at Japan forcing them to open commercial and foreign relations with the united states, this led to the unequal treaties
The opium war- when china stopped their opium trade the British were mad bc they received much wealth from it. So they declared a war on the Chinese which they won and this led to the unequal treaties and the trade of opium to be open again
Decline of eth tokugawa- due to foreign intrusion and the unequal treaties, the Chinese began to doubt the shoguns rule. Opposition spread and a small civil war went on and the shoguns were defeated by the more modern battle tactics and weapons.
Decline of ottomans- their empire was to large to control. Also their backbone of the military the janissaries ignored their military trainings and the ottoman army fell apart. The ottomans to were slow in industrialization and lost many battles to the more modern nations. They were also in a lot of debt
Suez Canal and its impact-increased trade and