Western Expansion in Asia
1. 1839- 1842
-------- Meiji Restoration in Japan Russian expansion reaches borders of Afghanistan United States takes over Philippines; hundred days of reform in China Perry “opens” Japan for trade First Opium War; Treaty of Nanking Second Opium War Western-style republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India
2. 1853
-------- Meiji Restoration in Japan Russian expansion reaches borders of Afghanistan United States takes over Philippines; hundred days of reform in China Perry “opens” Japan for trade First Opium War; Treaty of Nanking Second Opium War Western-style republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India
3. 1856– 1860
-------- Meiji Restoration in Japan Russian expansion reaches borders of Afghanistan United States takes over Philippines; hundred days of reform in China Perry “opens” Japan for trade First Opium War; Treaty of Nanking Second Opium War Western-style republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India
4. 1857– 1858
-------- Meiji Restoration in Japan Russian expansion reaches borders of Afghanistan United States takes over Philippines; hundred days of reform in China Perry “opens” Japan for trade First Opium War; Treaty of Nanking Second Opium War Western-style republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India
5. 1867
-------- Meiji Restoration in Japan Russian expansion reaches borders of Afghanistan United States takes over Philippines; hundred days of reform in China Perry “opens” Japan for trade First Opium War; Treaty of Nanking Second Opium War Western-style republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India
6. 1885
-------- Meiji Restoration in Japan Russian expansion reaches borders of Afghanistan United States takes over Philippines; hundred days of reform in China Perry “opens” Japan for trade First Opium War; Treaty of Nanking Second Opium War Western-style republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India
7. 1898
-------- Meiji Restoration in Japan Russian expansion reaches borders of Afghanistan United States takes over Philippines; hundred days of reform in China Perry “opens” Japan for trade First Opium War; Treaty of Nanking Second Opium War Western-style republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India
8. 1912
-------- Meiji Restoration in Japan Russian expansion reaches borders of Afghanistan United States takes over Philippines; hundred days of reform in China Perry “opens” Japan for trade First Opium War; Treaty of Nanking Second Opium War Western-style republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India