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Victorine Rose Anne Regencia

Imperialism
Comes from the Latin word that means
“Command” or “Empire”
Economic cause
With the development of the Industrial
Revolution, colonies became valuable
As sources of raw materials
As markets for the manufactured
products
As lucrative fields for Western capital
Political
To satisfy the national pride of their peoples
To supply outlets for their surplus population
To provide military and naval bases for their
growing armed forces
To extend to overseas countries their national
culture
Humanitarian Cause
“white man burdens”
First Opium War (1840-42)
Treaty of Nanking
1. opening of five ports namely Canton, Amoy,
Foochow, Ningpo, and Shanghai to British trade
2. cession of the island of Hong Kong to Great
Britain
3. payment of war indemnity amounting to
$21,000,000
4. enabling all British traders to do business
directly with the people
Second Opium War (1856-60)
Treaty of Nanking failed
Treaties of Tientsin (1858) & Peking convention
(1860)
Provisions are:
 1. Kowloon peninsula opposite Hong Kong was ceded to Great
Britain
 2. foreign diplomats were allowed to reside in Peking
 3. ten more Chinese ports were opened to foreign trade
 4. foreigners were allowed to travel to all parts of China
 5. Christian missionaries were given protection
 6. opium trade was legalized and taxed
Opening of Japan to the world
Commodore Matthew C. Perry (February 13,
1854)
Westernization of Japan
Emperor Mutsuhito
“Wisdom and knowledge shall be sought all over the
world in order to establish firmly the foundation of the
Empire”
“Meija Era”
Sino-Japanese War
Caused by the Rivalry between China and
Japan
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Japan had become the first Asian country
to be rid of extra-territoriality
Russo-Japanese War (1904-05)
Admiral Togo “Father of the Japanese
Navy”
Treaty of Portsmouth (1905)
Was signed on September 5, 1905
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Results of the Russo-Japanese War
Proved that the Asians were not inferior to the
Westerners in warfare
Japan’s victory stirred the spirit of nationalism
Japan emerged as an imperialist power
February 22, 1784
“Empress of China”- captained by John Green
First Yankee ship to reach Canton
Treaty with Siam;1833
Commodore Charles Wilkes w/ Sultan of Sulu;
1842
Caleb Cushing w/ China;1844
 America was not yet ready to colonize the Orient
1867
America acquired the Midway Islands in
the Mid-Pacific.
1893
Deposed Queen Lilioukalani
1898
“Hawaiian Republic”
1898
President William McKinley had the chance to
acquire the best colonies in the Pacific.
“Treat of Paris”- December 10
December 2. 1899
Joined Germany in dividing Samoa
End of 19th century (1899)
Emerged as a Pacific Power