European Influence in Asia

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European Influence in Asia

• Notes by Adams Elliott

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Where is Asia?
Identify (point to) Asia (continent) China Philipp
ines India Europe (continent)
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Which European countries had established
colonies in Asia by 1700?

• England in India
• France in India
• Netherlands in India, Malaysia, and Java (The
  Spice Islands)
• Portugal in India and China, lost Spice Islands
  to Netherlands
• Spain in Philippines

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Religious Rivalries

• Christian missionaries were not wanted or
  welcomed in Asia!
• Asians already practiced religions such as
  Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Islam, and
  Confucianism,
• However, the spread of religion came naturally
  with spread of trade colonies

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Isolationism is a policy of turning inward from
the world. (To be isolated) ______________________
_________________________ Asia had many isolated
countries. These countries did not welcome
European countries into Asia.
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Isolationism in Asia

• Chinese and Japanese rulers saw Christianity as a
  threat to their power. These rulers did not want
  their people converting to Christianity.

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Isolationism in Asia

• China and Japan took what they wanted and needed
  from European traders
• They mostly wanted weapons and technical
  knowledge (technology)

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Isolationism in Asia

• Japan and China only allowed trade with the Dutch
  because the Dutch were not interested in conquest
  (colonies) or conversion (Christianity)
• China only wanted and used the Jesuits (the
  Catholic missionaries) for their knowledge of
  science

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What items were traded between the Europeans and
the Asians?

• Europeans wanted silks, artwork, fine china,
  tea, spices
• Asians wanted clocks, eyeglasses, guns
  weapons, scientific instruments (technology)

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Control of the Spice Trade

• Spices were one of the original goods desired by
  Europeans in Asia (originally - Silk Road)
• Portugal took the Spice Islands from the Muslims
  in 1511.
• The Netherlands took the Spice Islands from
  Portugal in the 1600s.
• Muslims Portuguese Dutch

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Why want the Philippines?

• Great place to stop when trading between Americas
  and Asia (good harbors)
• No spices, but they do have fertile soil for
  growing crops
• Spanish missionaries converted many Asians here
  to the Catholic faith only Asian nation with a
  Catholic majority
• (Spain ruled these islands until the early 1900s)

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Mainland Asia

• The mainland is the area away from the coasts
  Harder to reach!
• Strong kingdoms ruled the mainland in countries
  like China.
• Most European countries did not get into the
  Mainland for many years.