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Gain commercial advantages in China

During the 19th century, European nations established spheres of influence in China mainly to

Its factories produced more goods than any other country and its navy kept shipping safe

In the mid-1800s, Britain was the most powerful nation in the world because

National Pride
Economic expansion
Duty to civilize conquered people (White Man's Burden)

Reasons to acquire colonies

France
Italy
Germany
Belgium

Countries that challenged Britain for dominance

British thought other races/people are like a combination of devils and children

Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child

Half devil/Half child meaning

the welfare of the area being colonized is the primary reason for planting a colony

imperialized country should create and enforce rules when colonizing

If it is desirable, as no one will deny it to be, that the planting of colonies should be conducted, not with an exclusive view to the private interests of the first founders, but with a deliberate regard to the permanent welfare of the nations afterwards to arise from these small beginnings; such regard can only be secured by placing the enterprise, from its commencement, under regulations constructed with the foresight and enlarged views of philosophical legislators; and the government alone has power either to frame such regulations, or to enforce their observance

People who are not as educated or enlightened

"the peoples that sit in the darkness"?

A celebrated explorer and missionary

Dr. Livingston

5

The British Empire had colonies on ___________ continents

Europeans

National boundaries in Africa at the end of the 19th Century made by _______________________

COLONY
SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
PROTECTORATE

TYPES OF IMPERIALISM

GOD, GOLD, GLORY

CAUSES OF IMPERIALISM

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Why did European nations create spheres of influence in China during the 19th century?

Explanation: With their victory in the Opium War (1839-1842), Europeans demonstrated their superior military might and secured trading concessions that ultimately led to the carving of China into Spheres of Influence, each dominated by a different nation.

What caused spheres of influence in China?

These spheres of influence were acquired by forcing the Qing government to sign "unequal treaties" and long-term leases. In early 1895, the French laid claim to a sphere in Southwest China.

What were spheres of influence in China in the late nineteenth century?

The debate continued in the later half of the 19th century as China was slowly partitioned into various spheres of influence. The southeast of China was occupied by the French, the northeast by the Germans, the south by the British, the northwest by the Russians, and the north by the Japanese.

What are the European spheres of influence in China?

This settlement allowed Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia all to claim exclusive trading rights with specific areas of China. These areas were referred to as "spheres of influence".