A significant change was the involvement of European traders and merchants became more increased in the Indian Ocean due to colonization and economic ambition. For example, the European merchants and traders have begun to colonize and establish trading ports and cities throughout India, Europe and the Pacific regions. Also, the opium trade with China allowed British merchants to earn a profit by producing the opium in India and then moving it into China for trade. Furthermore, the European states started to establish rings of influence throughout regions. Also the Indian Ocean was used as both an agricultural are and an industrial area. Europeans used these areas to supply and…
The newly found petroleum supplies changed the nations is southwest Asia in a couple of ways. Nationalism was emerging in southwest Asia as a major, major force. Nationalism wasn't the only thing that was emerging though. It's economy was starting to grow and take a new course that it never did before. In the industrialized countries, there was a demand for petroleum products.…
They had been trading silver with China but were beginning to get tired of losing their silver, so they began to look for another item to trade. After their conquest of India, they realized they could begin to trade opium with China. The Chinese had been introduced to opium by the Dutch and were hooked. The government had banned the importation to get the Opium epidemic under control, but the British saw their opportunity. British trade policy became to force China to trade for opium rather than silver.…
As Imperialism had become common throughout all of Asian modernization came along with it as a pair. Though as Asian as a whole there were negative affects many advancements had made up for it such as , technology advancements the establishments of…
possible for the British to profit from it since the British produced it in India and then traded it with…
They Chinese leaders were strictly opposed to trade on all accounts despite constant British inquiry, yet the Chinese desire for opium put a foot in the door where it could be smuggled in with high demand and provide the necessary currency to purchase Chinese tea for the British. The British got what they wanted and made major profit. After the Chinese Emperor's assault on the opium market, the British made great strides to push for free trade. Due to the potential economic harm to each country, the two massive, powerful empires went to war.…
Asia and the world before the 19th century was a crucial time for Southeast Asia, Korea and Japan. The Ming Empire played a vital role in Southeast Asia, while Japan had an abundance of land and precious metals that everyone desired, and how the European cultures began to expand into the East. The historical narrative The Question of Hu helps you with the understanding of how Christianity came to the Chinese culture. While the book East Asia at the Center puts Asia international relations into perspective. Early Asia helped develop the world we live in today.…
In a similar, but much more dramatic case, the opening of international ports in China, introduced modern ideas to an age-old culture. The most noticeable direct effect of this is the Opium Wars, fought over the selling of opium by Western powers to the people of China. This conflict ended with the Treaty of Nanking, which ceded Hong Kong to the British and opened more ports to European trade. Most importantly, this conflict brought civil strife to China as supporters of opium trade turned against the emperor during the war, causing a break with traditions. Besides affecting the way people lived in Africa and Asia, Imperialism brought Europe tremendous amounts of wealth and power. While before obtaining natural resources, raw materials, and an agricultural surplus in quantities large enough to sustain the Industrial Revolution had been a great problem for the European powers, with the conquering of Asia and Africa a steady supply of all of these was brought to Europe by an infinitely cheap labor force, making it…
A British imperialist may have justified the export of opium into China in defiance of the wishes of the Chinese government by claiming that there was a market for it since, even though it was illegal, there were still people buying it. They would have said whatever they could to justify it because all the cared about was the economic gain for their own country, rather than the toll it took on the Chinese. They would not have cared about the wishes of the Chinese government because they would have claimed that if they really did not want opium imported than they would have to do a better job at eliminating the demand in their country rather than taking it out on the suppliers. 4. The fact that the British government was willing to go to war over opium exports shows that the motives behind British imperialism are purely for the economic benefit of the British regardless of death it could cause.…
Rebecca Hunt A1 AP World Imperialism DBQ Due to industrialization the world became much more advanced in ways such as exploring new parts of the world that were thought to be unknown. Industrialization started to push both Europeans and Americans to reach the new extents of the world , which are known as Africa, Asia and South East Asia. During the mid 17th Century many changes began to occur due to the new effects of finding the new regions. As an outcome , the changes led to many massive effects in social, economic and political areas.…
Compare and contrast the influence and consequence of European Imperialism on Africa and China during the 19th century.…
The Chinese Empire started declining throughout the whole nineteenth century while the West began rising since the Industrial Revolution and expanding its imperial world at the same time. With colonial expansion, Europeans were actively looking for trade privileges with the world biggest world’s market, China. However, the latter’s reluctance to be involved in direct trade with the West generated the discontent of Europeans and contributed to negative ideas of China. Also the victory of Great Britain over China during the Opium War strengthened the bad perceptions of the West. Thus, westerns travelers who journeyed in China began to regard Chinese people and their culture differently and derogatively. Their pleasurable contemplation for Foot binding gradually altered and raised western concerns.…
Imperialism played a major role in impacting the social, political, and economic aspects of societies around the world. The impacts extended to all corners of the world including China, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan and the effects were very prevalent. The impact of imperialism on China included the creation of unequal treaties, the population’s introduction to opium, China’s power shift, and the beginnings of manufacturing. In the Ottoman Empire, imperialism also caused unequal treaties, pushed the people of the empire to reform, shifted the power, and caused the empire to retreat to defensive modernizing. Finally, in Japan imperialism allowed economic growth, social transformation, and once again a shift in power. The overall effects of imperialism…
After the industrial revolution, imperialism became a common practice of European nations to take over weaker nations or regions and dominates its economic, political, and cultural life. Imperialism affected many countries in Asia such as China, India, Japan, and Africa. European expansion began in the 15th century however the process greatly accelerated in the 19th century.…
In the 1700’s, during the age of European imperialism in China, British forces attempted to establish the foreign trading of opium, a highly addictive substance extracted from the juice of the opium poppy (“Opium and Heroin”) . The Chinese were opposed to this enforcement due to its negative effects among the Chinese economy and civilians. As a result of this prolonged dispute between British and Chinese powers, British troops eventually attacked numerous Chinese villages, leading to the commencement of the Opium Wars in the mid-18th century (Pletcher). The Opium Wars, as a result of British imperialism and the attempted enforcement of opium trade, were beneficial to the current Chinese establishment of foreign relations that are continuously…