26.4 Expansion in Asia

I. British Imperialism in IndiaA. Nature of British Rule

1. Developed as a result of the British East India Company

2. Divide and rule3. Kept public order, ended local conflict, built

infrastructure4. Many British lived in India, British believed

themselves superiorB. Rise of Indian Nationalism

1. Nationalist groups were divided2. Independence movement grew slowly

II. Japanese Responses to ImperialismA. Meiji Restoration (1868)

1. Ended social classes2. Required everyone to go to school3. Democratic reforms (1899)

a. Emperorb. Two house national assembly- Diet

B. Industrialization1. Modernized very quickly- 1st in Asia

C. The Sino-Japanese War1. Become imperialist took Korea in the war2. Treaty of Shimonoseki ended the war

a. Gave Japan Taiwan and the coast of Manchuria

III. Imperialism in Southeast AsiaA. British Colonies

1. Burma and Singaporea. Guards entrance to the Strait of Malaccab. Important trade route and naval base

B. French Gains1. French Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam)2. Siam (Thailand) remained independent served as a

buffer state between France and Great BritainC. The Dutch East Indies

1. Modern day Indonesia was controlled by the Dutch

IV. U.S. Interests in the Pacific IslandsWHY???A. Samoa Islands

1. Rivalry between Great Britain, Germany, and U.S.

2. Split between U.S. and GermanyB. Hawaiian Islands

1. U.S. took over Hawaii in 1893C. Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island

1. Gained during the Spanish American War in 1898

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