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Late Nineteenth Century European Imperialism

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1 Late Nineteenth Century European Imperialism

2 Britain Largest colonial empire “Sun never sets on the British Empire”

3 British Empire

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5 France Second Largest colonial empire

6 French Colonial Empire

7 Bastille Day in Vietnam

8 Southeast Asia

9 Germany Bismarck originally opposed colonial expansion
Germany took colonies in 1880s for status symbols

10 German Colonial Empire

11 European Imperialism in Asia
India Britain trading in India since 1600s British government gradually took over India in the 1800s

12 Life in British India

13 Road-building in India

14 European Imperialism in Asia
China Potentially huge market Closed to European trade until 1800s Opium War (1840) “Spheres of influence” Chinese monarchy seriously weakened

15 Opium War, 1840

16 Spheres of Influence in China

17 Missionary Activity in China

18 Mohandas Gandhi

19 Boxer Rebellion


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