Unit 5: global imperialism review sheet Key Historical Events * Sepoy Mutiny (Rebellion) * The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs‚ also known as the Sepoy mutiny * Open door policy * It kept Chinese trade open to everyone on an equal basis * Boxer Rebellion * Secret society of Chinese nationalists attacked foreign settlements and murdered dozens of Christian missionaries; US troops participated in an international
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British imperialism had a large impact on India. The original intentions of the British were to bring India together as one by establishing a population that spoke the same language as their ruler but the British decision to educate the Indians with English as the language of learning was the beginning of a long chain of events. That included a rise in Indian nationalism that led to Indian resentment of British imperialism and in the end‚ the loss of British control over India. The British establishing
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of the world had decided to move on and expand their territories by using Imperialism. Imperialism by definition is to expand a country’s power by gaining control over other areas of the world. World powers benefited greatly from this policy. They justified their motives for Imperialism as humanitarian efforts‚ nationalist views‚ superior and highly racist outlooks‚ and economics needs. But the greater purpose for Imperialism was economic. The world powers went into countries with resources with the
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Mount Saint Michael Mr.Duff 2/25/2011 Global 2 In Chapter 12‚ we learned about the “New Imperialism” of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. I learned how the Industrial Revolution‚ expanding economies‚ and nationalism all contributed to the European domination of Africa‚ the Middle East‚ India‚ and China. New Imperialism refers to the colonial explansion adopted by Europe’s powers and‚ later‚ Japan and the United States‚ during the 19th and early 20th centuries
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start a massive revolt. The natives were sick of the Europeans taking advantage of them. One leader of the revolt stated that there was “no justice for us natives in your courts‚ so we must punish him ourselves” (247). The riot revealed a majority anti-colonial sentiment throughout the Burmese people‚ and that the natives had enough of being pushed around. While some natives‚ such as the rebels and nationalists went directly against the government‚ others used the European corruption to their own
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I am all for British Imperialism because without British Imperialism we wouldn’t be where we are today. There would be no America‚ and the world would be a completely different place. Instead of speaking English right now we could be speaking French‚ Spanish‚ German‚ Italian‚ or even Chinese. Culture and ideas were spread across the British Empire to and from Britain. At the time of the British Empire‚ all of the countries in the world were trying to acquire more land and resources in an attempt
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Anti zoo essay. I‚ like many children‚ have been to zoos when I was younger. Upon visiting zoos‚ I have decided that zoos are very cruel to keep animals caged up‚ often in regions and climates very different from their natural habitat. For example‚ elephants travel for miles in packs‚ when in zoos there are only several elephants with only several acres to walk around. To begin‚ animals are kept to small confinement‚ with limited resources. Animals‚ in most cases‚ aren’t able to take care
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Imperialism: Europe’s Quest to Conquer the World Imperialism: the establishment of a policy extending control or authority over foreign entities in a political‚ cultural‚ and economic way as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires. This is either through direct territorial conquest or settlement‚ or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy of other countries. Some takeovers were brought upon by rivalries‚ while others would do it to boost the imperial
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on top. Whether culturally superior‚ or monetarily superior‚ or even having an extensive empire‚ every country wants most or all of these in their arsenal of advantages. Countries who strive to be the cream of the crop tend to turn towards imperialism. Imperialism‚ being the domination of cultural‚ economic‚ or political life of another country‚ is a very attractive course to take for the forming imperialist power. While some may argue that the controlling power could aid the development and prosperity
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Rita Hung Mr. Fitzpatrick World History 1/30/2013 British Imperialism was a large factor in the development of India economically‚ politically‚ and socially. Imperialism is the relationship between countries that out of the purpose of seeking more authority by conquering other countries or by establishing economic and political dominance over other countries. The “dominating” nation benefits from the relationship in an economic way; this often leads to the collapse or damage of the “lesser dominant”
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