10.4 B Rebellions

10.4b - Those who faced being colonized engaged in varying forms of resistance and adaptation to colonial rule with varying degrees of success.

• Students will investigate one example of resistance in Africa (Zulu, Ethiopia, or Southern Egypt/Sudan) and one in China (Taiping Rebellion or Boxer Rebellion and the role of Empress Dowager CiXi).

• Students will investigate how Japan reacted to the threat of Western imperialism in Asia.

1. Section 3

1. India

   • British East India Company

   • Sepoy Mutiny

2. China

   • Opium Wars (1839 – 1842)

     1. Unequal Treaties

     2. - Treaty of Nanjing

     3. – Extraterritoriality

• Taiping Rebellion (1858 – 1860)

• Boxer Rebellion

• Revolution of 1910/1911

  • Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Sun Yixian)

Asian Responses to Imperialism: Crash Course World History #213 (youtube.com)