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.
Section 3
India
British East India Company
Sepoy Mutiny
China
Opium Wars (1839 – 1842)
Unequal Treaties
- Treaty of Nanjing
– 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)