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Transcript of AP World History
The Impact of 19th Century Imperialism on the Middle East
and Asia: Ottoman Empire, Russia, China, and Japan
AP World History
Presentation Outline
1)Ottoman Empire2)Russia3)Qing Dynasty4)Meiji Japan
1) Ottoman Empire
• Loss of intellectualism = loss of innovation = fall behind the Europeans in technology
The Ottomans signed
capitulations with the
European countries =
loss of revenue
Capitulations• Foreign subjects now protected by their individual
country’s laws• They were no longer legally accountable in the
Ottoman Empire.• Possible for foreign governments to levy duties (taxes)
on goods sold in Turkish ports• Foreign powers were also able to set up banks, post
offices, and commercial houses on Turkish soil that were exempt from Turkish taxes and were able to compete with local firms.
Ottoman territorial losses
Tanzimat Period (1839-76)• Reforms around a new concept of justice
• Equality before the law• Ottomanism = patriotism, but not yet nationalism
• Constitution and a Parliament formed
• The reforms failed; Sultan Abdulahemid put an end to the reforms while putting down rebellions
Departure of Mehmed VI, last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1922.
Young Turks• Constitutional,
parliamentary government established
• Growing sense of nationalism
• Ottomans entered WWI on the side of Germany = lost
Treaty of Versailles
• Empire partitioned• Kemal Ataturk (and
others) fought for Independence = new Republic of Turkey and an end to the Ottoman Empire (1923).
2) Russia
Features of Russia in mid 1800s• Autocracy- absolute obedience to the tsar• Orthodoxy- submission to the orthodox church • Serfdom- most of Russia’s peasants were forced into
slave labor• Imperialism- expansion into central Asia and across
the Pacific; rivalry with Britain and the Ottomans
Decembrist Revolt 1825• In 1825, a group of liberal-
minded military officers staged a rebellion against Czar Nicholas I
• The revolt was brutally crushed and the czar instituted even harsher and more restrictive conservative measures by introducing censorship, and forcing military cadets to swear absolute loyalty to the czar
Rebel officers awaiting their death sentence
The Crimean war 1853-56
• The Crimean war part of the “Eastern question”.• “The Eastern question” was the question: How are the
European powers going to respond to the crumbling of the Turkish empire in Europe?
• Russia wanted to gain free access to the Mediterranean from the Black Sea.
• This included influence in the states along the Black Sea Coast west of Russia.
Crimean war
The war started 1854• In 1853 Russia moved army to Moldavia and Wallachia.• Turkey attacked Russia but lost its fleet at Sinope and to avoid the
danger of russian domination:• France and Britain attacked Sebastopol in the Crimea. Piedmont took also
part. • Austria stayed neutral but threatened Russia
• Russia gave up in 1856. Russian influence in the Balkan and the straits was reduced.
Effect of Crimean war• Internationally
• Austria isolated from Russia and the West• Russia prevented from gaining influence in the Balkans
• Opening up for Italian unification• France becomes dominant power• Prussia gains prestige among German states
• Russia becomes isolated and the unification of Germany becomes more likely.• In Russia
• Emancipation of the Serfs in 1861• Judicial reform• Military and educational reform• Creation of an elected assembly
“The Great Game”• The British and Russians would
continue to compete for influence in central Asia throughout the 19th century
• British interests in India were very close to Russian interests in central Asia
• The two Great Powers competed for territory in neighbouring Afghanistan
• Espionage and alliances were the rules of this Great Game rather than armed conflict
Emir of Afghanistan between the Russian Bear and British Lion
1905 Revolution• Unrest among the middle class, nobles, and peasants leads to massive
protests across Russia• Nobles and middle class want a liberal constitution and a
constitutional monarchy• Peasants want land reforms• Czar Nicholas II crushes the Revolution but promises a new
constitution to satisfy nobles and the middle class• The czar’s reforms were limited and he still ruled as an autocrat
Bloody SundayJanuary 22, 1905
The Czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg
Why did the 1905 Revolution Fail?
3) Qing Dynasty (China) 1850-1911
China in the 1840s• China failed to advance technologically• Peasants were upset with the decline in living standard• Little of the gold and silver which flowed into China went to improve
infrastructure (roads, railways, etc.)
Taiping Rebellion - 1840s
Chinese “brother of Jesus” recruits one million rebels and nearly takes out government before dying
mixed elements of Christianity and traditional Chinese religion, along with ideas of his own.
He believed in communal property, and the equality of men and women
20-30 million dead
Taiping and Communism Although pre-Communism the Taiping Republlion
foreshadowed it in several ways Land was evenly distributed. Outlawed all of the following:
Slavery, Sale of women, foot-binding, prostitution, arranged marriages and polygamy.
The Taipings were also against use of opium, alcohol, and tobacco.
Over time, Taiping leaders began to violate most of these rules (especially alcohol and women) and their movement began to lose its loyal followers
Qing govt with help from western powers ended the Taiping movement to take over China
European Imperialism Great Britain traded silk and tea for opium
from India devastating since China addicted to opium land that had previously been used for food
began to be used to produce opium. large amount of Chinese silver left the
country in payment for the opium. When the Qing government bans the opium
trade in 1839, the British invade
Opium Wars 1773 Britain brought Indian opium to
China 1838 – Manchu Chinese ban it and
size opium from British 1839-1860 Opium Wars humiliate
China Britain claims Hong Kong Treaty of Nanjing (1st of unequal
treaties) 1844 – Chinese forced to allow
Christian missionaries in again Britain wins HUGE trading rights
The Treaty System large amount of indemnity (compensation
to foreigners) dozens of treaty ports opened to foreign
trade gunboats Missionaries Warehouses Foreign influence in port cities
territorial losses tariffs
is cooll
Self-strengthening Movement 1860s• After defeats in the Opium Wars the Qing government finally decides
to modernize the army and introduce Western military technology• Social and economic reforms, however, do not follow and the Qing
dynasty continues to decay
In 1900 – Spheres of Influence
China was controlled by Europeans economically
Lots of trade between Europe and China
Balance of trade favored Europe China lost silver as they paid out to
Europe Created discord and frustration in
Manchu Qing govt
The scramble for answers radicalization of domestic politics the “Hundred Days of Reform” in
1898 ambitious reform program
examination system bureaucracy modernization
suppressed by conservatives in Qing court
reformist leaders fled to Japan
The Boxer Uprising in 1900 Peasants in cities of Northern China Name actually translates to “Society of
Harmonious Fists” support from high officials of Qing court destruction of anything foreign siege of the foreign quarter in Beijing
8-nation forces invaded Beijing Harsh settlement station troops in Beijing huge payments to European powers demanded
to pay for the European cost of stopping the Boxers
Russian troops in Manchuria until 1905
1911 Fall of the Qing• Sun Yat-sen and other Chinese nationalist
leaders led a series of revolts throughout China demanding an end to Qing rule
• The last emperor, Pu Yi, abdicated in early 1912
• A Chinese republic was established• China would not be fully unified until the
late 1920s under the Nationalist Party military leadership of Chiang Kai Shek
Left: Chiang Kai ShekRight: Sun Yat-sen
Left: Pu Yi- The Last Emperor
4) Meiji Japan
End of Japanese Isolation• U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry (1794-1858)
• 1853 – gunboat diplomacy• 1854 – trade treaty with the United States• Great Britain, Holland (Netherlands), and Russia soon
gained similar trading rights
• Townsend Harris (1804-1878)• United States Consul General to Japan• 1858 – commercial treaty between U.S. and Japan• European powers soon gained similar rights in Japan
Meiji Restoration 1868• Shogun forced to relinquish power• Power officially in hands of Emperor Mutsuhito
• His reign was called the “Meiji”
• Japan westernized• Quickly went to work crafting a constitution
Governmental Reforms• Diet – Japan’s bicameral legislature
• First convened – 1889 • Only men who owned property could vote
• Meiji (Imperial) Constitution• Adopted – 1890 • Followed until the end of World War II
Economic Reforms• Abolition of feudalism• Currency (yen) adopted, 1872• Encouragement of foreign trade• Expansion and encouragement of state-directed
industrialization• Growth of factories
• First large factories manufactured textiles• First textile factory workers were girls and women
• Land reform• Zaibatsu (large conglomerates) built and expanded (Toyota,
Mitsubishi, etc.)
Military ReformsBefore the Meiji era: Armies were run by local daimyo and thus not subservient to a central governmentMeiji era: Modern army and navy established which were loyal to the Japanese governmentUsed Prussia (Germany) as primary modelFirm belief that if Japan was to be taken seriously by Western powers, and was to avoid China’s fate, Japan would have to compete militarilyConscription (1873) – all men had to serve for three years after turning twenty-one
Social Changes
• Adoption of Western architecture, fashions, music, and literary styles (magazines and novels)
• Diversity of intellectual and political thought
• Growing independence and empowerment of women
• Movement of peasants from countryside to factories
Imperialization of Japan• Why?
• Lack of fertile land for agriculture
• Markets for finished products
• Need for the raw materials of industry
• Population growth• Response to Western
imperialism
Meiji Japan at War• First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
Gained: Formosa (Taiwan) Liaotung Peninsula (Manchuria) – soon forced to relinquish it Sphere of influence in Korea
• Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)• Destruction of Russian fleet• Finally respected as a world power• Treaty of Portsmouth, 1905
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt won Noble Peace Prize Japan was granted the southern part of Sakhalin Island and a large sphere of influence
in Manchuria
• Annexation of Korea (1910)• World War I
• Joined Allies• Received Germany’s mandates over Asian islands and its leases in the
Shantung Peninsula