1. CHAPTER 17 Section 1: The Roots of Western Imperialism Section 2: European Claims in North Africa Section 3: European Claims in Sub-Saharan Africa Section 4: Expansion in Asia The Age of Imperialism

2. SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia Negative Effects Positive Effects The British ended _________ ________________________. The British treated the Indians as if ___________ ______________________. Bell Ringer 17.4: What were the positive and negative effects of British rule in India?

3. As Western imperialism reached into Asia and the Pacific during the 1800s, native peoples often responded with resistance and conflict. SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia

4. SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia British East India Company treated India like a private colony. … ruled 3/5 of Indian subcontinent -- rest divided into more than 550 states British gov’t took control after 1857.

6. SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia … people of two very different cultures living side by side. The British believed in their superiority.

8. SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia In 1853, the American commodore Matthew Perry arrived and demanded that Japan be opened to trade. By 1856, Japan was forced to receive Western consuls and to open ports to foreign trade.

12. Industrialization SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia The new government imposed military reforms to modernize Japan's army and established the foundation for industrialization. Lack of capital dictated direct government involvement in the stages of industrialization. Japan's careful management of industrialization limited foreign involvement . Japan would depend on the importation of equipment and raw materials from the West .

15. SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia Japan had a modern well equipped military … And they were prepared. Japan defeated China in less than 10 months- (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895)

17. Imperialism in Southeast Asia SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia Java, Sumatra & Borneo would become Indonesia in 1949 French Indochina ~Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam Siam would be a buffer between the French & British Burma ~east border with India Singapore ~control of vital trade route; imp. naval base Dutch East Indies French Gains British Colonies

18. American Imperialism in the Pacific The Samoa Islands Hawaiian Islands Philippines, Guam & Wake Island SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia Why would the US want these little islands in the Pacific??

20. Political Cartoon Expansion in Asia

21. Political Cartoon Expansion in Asia

22. SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia In the next one week ... Britain capitulated. 14 May 1946 This cartoon shows a huge disconnect between British propaganda and reality. On 14th February, Illingsworth was busy depicting a ‘fractious’ India that would break up without the British Raj. Four days later, the 20 lakh colonial Indian armed forces, united and raised the banner of Independence. United across ranks, skin color, language, geography, religion, caste, height, weight – with only one thing uniting them. They were all Indians.

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24. SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia Modern badminton was "discovered" in the 19th century by British officers in India who watched locals play a game called Poona. In England it became known as "Hit and Scream." But in 1873, at the Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the British version of the game was officially launched and henceforth known as badminton.

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26. SECTION 4 Expansion in Asia Negative Effects Positive Effects The British ended many local wars and massacres. The British treated the Indians as if they were inferior.