Modern Era
Europe, Middle East, and East Asia 1800-1914
1838-1842 Opium War in China
Effects of Opium War
Map showing effects of imperialism in China
Taiping Rebellion
Sino-Japanese War
Young Ottomans
A group of people consisted of lower-level officials, military officials, writers, poets, and journalists who had a modern Western style education that were active during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, as they sought major changes in the Ottoman political system itself. They favored a more European-style democratic, constitutional regime that would curtail the absolute power of the emperor and felt that this political system could mobilize the energies of the country to overcome backwardness and preserve the state against European aggression. This was known as the Islamic Modernism.
Russo-Japanese War
Young Turks
The opposition coalesced around the 'Young Turks' who were military and civilian elites. They advocated a militantly secular public like and shift to thinking in terms of a Turkish national state. After 1900, there were growing efforts to define a Turkish national state and the military coup in 1908 gave the Young Turks real power. They antagonized non-Turkic peoples in the Ottoman Empire which stimulated Arab and other nationalisms. The Ottoman Empire completely disintegrated after World War I.
-eliminate affiliation with Islam
-very militant
-keep on modernizing
-hold elections
-open schools for women
-allow women to dress western
-restrict polygamy
-allow divorce
-1918: empire falls apart
Overall Imperealism
On the other hand, some of the downsides are as follows:
Over-exploitation of the resources of the colony or country under occupation.
Loss of their culture and the weakening of their value system.
Feeling of inferiority stemming out of being under their thumb.
No independence or control over their own land.
Little or minimal representation in their own government.