HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Atlantic Slave Trade, Second Industrial Revolution
Document Summary
Indigenous reactions to globalizations: the taiping rebellion and the sepoy mutiny. Context, sequence of events, and e ects of sepoy rebellion: british able to more rmly establish themselves in india. Taiping is substantially larger: second bloodiest con ict in human history: mutiny still very bloody, especially towards the end with the atrocities the british committed. Taiping rebellion lasts 15 years lasted longer than mutiny. Di erences between imperial realms: informal empire in china, with di erent european powers trading at chinese ports, formal empire in india, with british and east india company claiming rule over india. Eic operate under the auspices of both the british crown and the mughal emperor. Spread of european formal rule across the world the heyday of neo-europe (including the united states) Structure of lecture: the scramble for africa, russian expansion. Largest contingent land empire: american empire. Context: large number of kingdoms that have been in contact with (and trading with) the europeans since 16th century.
