Unequal Treaties
A treaty imposed by a more powerful country on a weaker one, often resulting in significant concessions or disadvantages for the weaker country.
What is an unequal treaty?
This French military leader rose to prominence during the Napoleonic Wars and became Emperor of France in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
A penal colony is a colony for what sort of people?
What is prisoners/criminals?
What is to participate in the Indian spice trade?
What is Manifest Destiny?
This treaty ceded Hong Kong from China to the British Empire
What was the 1842 Treaty of Nanking?
This conference ended the Napoleonic Wars and redrew the map of Europe
What was the Congress of Vienna?
This penal colony was established by Britain as a solution to overcrowded jails and social problems.
What is Australia?
This empire was the most powerful country in India before the arrival of the British
What is the Mughal Empire?
These people lost their homelands as the United States expanded west
Who are the Native Americans/American Indians?
This treaty forced Korea open to trade with the West.
What is the Joseon-United States Treaty of 1882
The Continental System was a blockade designed by Napoleon to cripple the economy of this country.
What is the United Kingdom?
This Latin term meaning 'empty land' was used to justify British entitlement to Australian land.
What is terra nullius?
This was the way in which the British East India Company dealt with rebels.
What is strapping them to cannons and executing them?
American immigrants created this country out of Mexican territory.
What is the Republic of Texas?
This treaty resulted in Russia and China recognizing the independence of Mongolia
What was the Treaty of Kyakhta of 1915?
The Congress of Vienna was mostly concerned with this political concept.
The discovery of this precious metal in the 1850s contributed to Australia's economic boom and the opportunities for convicts and free settlers.
What is gold?
This allowed the British East India Company to defeat the Indians and take over India
What is superior technology/industrialization?
Mexico was overwhelmed by American forces in this war from 1846-1848.
What is the Mexican-American War?
While most countries that created unequal treaties were western countries, these two non-western countries also created unequal treaties for their neighbors.
What is China and Japan?
This idea was spread by Napoleon's empire and led to different cultures like Germans and Italians resenting the Coalition after the Congress of Vienna.
What is nationalism?
The type of government Australia adopted in 1901.
What is Federation?
This sparked the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
What is cow and pig grease used to grease bullets?
Before the creation of railroads, this was the way in which mail was carried across the US
What is the Pony Express?