Colonial Powers
This European power controlled India through the East India Company before 1857
What is Britain?
This 1857 uprising against the British East India Company began with concerns over rifle cartridges
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
This 1842 treaty ceded Hong Kong to Britain after the First Opium War
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
This British monarch presided over the peak of British imperial power
Who is Queen Victoria?
This system of rule worked through existing local power structures
What is indirect governance?
This concept justified European colonization as a moral duty to "civilize" other peoples
What is the White Man's Burden?
This Chinese system restricted foreign trade to a single port in Guangzhou
What is the Canton System?
These types of treaties favored Western powers and were imposed on both China and Japan
What are "Unequal Treaties"?
This American naval commander forced Japan to open to foreign trade
Who is Matthew Perry?
This economic practice focused on maintaining the upper hand or favorable hand in trade
What is the balance of trade?
This military-diplomatic tactic used by Western powers involved threatening nations with naval forces
What is gunboat diplomacy?
This late 19th-century Chinese uprising aimed to expel foreign influences from China
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This 1901 agreement forced China to pay massive indemnities and allowed foreign militaries on Chinese soil
What is the Boxer Protocol?
This Chinese official attempted to stop the opium trade by confiscating and destroying opium
Who is Commissioner Lin Zexu?
This type of colonialism focused on exploiting resources rather than territorial conquest
What is economic colonialism?
The relationship between this economic system and imperialism created a need for raw materials and new markets
What is industrialization?
This massive Chinese civil war, led by Hong Xiuquan, weakened the Qing dynasty during foreign pressure
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
This 1860 agreement further opened China to foreign influence and legalized the opium trade
What is the Convention of Beijing?
This religious leader claimed to be Jesus's younger brother and led a massive rebellion
Who is Hong Xiuquan?
This trading company exercised both commercial and political control in Asia
What is the British East India Company?
This type of colonialism involved moving permanent populations to conquered territories to displace indigenous people.
What is settler colonialism?
This moment set off a period of rapid modernization in Japan.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
This treaty during the Second Opium War and expanded foreign privileges in China
What is the Treaty of Tianjin?
This Japanese political system was replaced in 1868, ending Japan's isolation
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
The period from 1839-1901 is known by this name in Chinese history due to foreign interventions
What is the "century of humiliation"?