NAME: Angelica A. Gonzales DATE: Nov.

25 2020
YEAR/COURSE: BSE-Social Studies3 SUBJECT: World History 2

“IMPERIALISM IN SOUTH ASIA”

I. INTRODUCTION
South-East Asian imperialism has been largely influenced by trade between

India, South-East Asia and China. Many nations, such as Great Britain, wished to

extend their commerce, which allowed them to have safer and more efficacious

trade routes by colonizing South East Asia. In these colonized territories, most

nations would have to pay high taxation if they wished to use their ports. France and

Great Britain engaged in Southeast Asian imperialism. While the French did not

establish themselves in India, between 1859 and 1893 the greater colony in South-

east Asia, which included Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in modern times, was

established in French Indochina.

The Great Game was dominated by nationalism in Central Asia. Russia made a

concerted attempt to expand its authority in the South of the Caucasus throughout

the nineteenth century, though Russia's expansion took place in central Asia with the

decline of Ottoman and Qing empires. Tashkent, Bokhara, and Samarkand were

defeated by the cossacks in 1860.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1. What happened in Asia during Imperialism?

2. How did imperialism affect South Asia?

3. What was the main motivation for imperialism in Asia?

THEORETHICAL BACKGROUND

Defense as Motive of Imperialism

The U.S. was not always a colonial machine, according to Samuel Flagg Bemis.

The US was compelled to do certain seemingly colonial actions in order to defend its

defense in the Western Hemisphere from forces using some pretext including debt

collection to build Latin America's bases or coalition stations.

The US strategy for Latin America has continuously represented the critical

necessities of the Continental Republic's internal stability, along with the defense of the

whole New World, against colonial interference in the Old World. It's imperialism vs

imperialism if you'd like. It wasn't long, and it wasn't bad.

II. PRESENTATION AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF DATA

a. Reality

The intention to spread the Christianity, defend Europe's missionaries in

other nations, spread the values and beliefs of Europeans, teach people in

other cultures and end slave trading in Africa was included in theological

reasons for imperialism in southeast Asia.

In Southeastern Asia, the political motivation for imperialism was primarily

focused on a nation's desire to gain influence, to compete with other

European countries, to extend its territories, to use military aggression, to win

colonies, and eventually to increase national confidence and stability.

b. Reflection

The transformation as the result of Imperialism in South Asia. The

imperialism of European powers and Russia has profoundly influenced the

Asian nations. The Owing to the fact that the French facilitated the

conversion into Christianity, in modern Vietnam the Roman Catholic

Church has become more prevalent. This perception of the modern

culture transformed people and their way of life. Fresh proposals for

various education programs were often generated by existing European

Schools and cultural activities influenced the colonies.

c. Response

European imperialism remained high in Asia outside China. In

1842, England moved to Hong Kong, in 1886 to Burma and in 1898 to

Cowloon. Indochina, Annam, Tonkin, and Cochenchina (together Vietnam

today), Laos and Cambodia, France took over directly.

Imperialism has its impact to South Asia. The economies of

Southeast Asia were based on cash crops. It has established roads,

harbours, railways and enhanced communication. Enhanced education,

health and hygiene. The racial composition of Southeast Asia changed

millions of people, from diverse ethnic groups.

The motivation of Imperialism in South Asia is political. In

Southeastern Asia, the political motive for imperialism was mainly based

on a nation's desire to gain power, to compete with other European

 countries, to expand its territory, to use military force, to win colonies, and

ultimately to increase national pride and security.

III. SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

To sum up all, Britain used its military victories and naval superiority to

ensure uninterrupted routes to India and beyond. By the end of the eighteenth

century, Indo-British economic ties were so entrenched in a neo-mercantile

system. India provided a stepping stone for British trade with China. As

Chinese demand slackened, Britain sought other means of attracting trade

with Chinese. The Suez Canal gave Britain island holdings in the

Mediterranean and along the west African coast. Opium became Britain's

most profitable crop in world markets. Opium poured into China faster than

tea poured into British hands. Chinese merchants, already addicted

themselves, paid British opium traders in pure silver.

In 1839, the Chinese destroyed British opium in the port city of Canton,

sparking the Opium Wars of 1839- 1842. The 1842 Treaty of Nanking granted

Britain extensive trading and commercial rights in China. By the end of the

century, after five wars between China and various European powers,

France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and Russia held territorial and commercial

advantages in their respective spheres of influence. In 1899, the U.S. pushed

through a new Open Door Policy, an effectively imperial policy that demanded

that all nations be given equal rights to Chinese markets.

To conclude, In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion saw that sentiment explode into

mass social unrest and war. Europeans maintained extraterritoriality inside

 thousands of Chinese port cities. The Boxers killed scores of European and

seized the large foreign legation in Beijing. An international expeditionary

force of Japanese, Russian, British, American, German, French, Austrian,

and Italian troops put down the revolt. Afterward, the European powers

propped up a weak central government for their own economic benefit. Britain

moved into Hong Kong in 1842, into Burma in 1886, and into Kowloon in

1898. France took direct control over the provinces of Indochina.

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