HIST-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Trench Warfare, Sanford B. Dole, Militarism
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> major uprisings and anti-imperialist wars in africa, 1874-1913. > menelik ii of ethiopia; battle of adwa (1896: ethiopia, 1889- menelik ii modernizes, hired europeans to build roads, bridges, etc, bought modern weapons + europeans to train his men. Loses in 1896 (battle of adwa: ethiopia = independent (1908) India: violent resistance failed (sepoy rebellion, gandhi. Japan and u. s: 1853- commodore matthew perry visits japan. Us hoped to end 200 years of the tokugawa shogunate"s isolation: arguments for opening up japan. To gain economic prosperity: arguments for isolation. Japan would not deal with barbarians : treaty of kanagawa (1854, opened 2 japanese ports, opened diplomatic relations. Japan would import american technology: results, other western nations opened up trade with japan. Aim: how did japan become an imperial nation: the meiji restoration (1868-1912, the shogun was removed. 1. 1. emperor rose in authority: 15 yr. old mutsuhito meiji ( enlightened rule ) took over, changes under the meiji, political.
