HIST 1003 : History 1003 Final Study Guide
Document Summary
Opium war: 2 wars between china and western countries, british attacked china and forced them to sign the treaty of. Nanjing 1842: british win and get port in china, china gets fucked over. Emperor meiji: active role in sino-japanese war(china and japan) (1894-95) and. Korea, russians forced to give korea to japan. Peninsula(port arthur too) and the south manchurian railroad; Russia agreed to evacuate: russians lost, japanese got korea. Boer war: between boers and european nations, europeans want to control the diamond mines, germans gave weapons to boers, britain wins, south africa makes an apartheid. Treaty of nanking: ended the first opium war, china paid britain indemnity, ceded the territory of hong kong, agreed to establish a fair and reasonable tariff. Informal empire: not formally ruled but most important man was british and told everyone what to do. Formal empire: formally ruled, mother country with daughter countries, ruled by british.
