European imperialism of japan
European imperialism of japanImperialism is the practice by which powerful nations or peoples seek to extend and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. By the 1800�s, the Western powers had advantages in this process. They led the world in technological advances, giving them a dominance when conquering other countries. The European Imperialists made attempts to conquer China and Japan. In this process, they succeeded by influencing Japan greatly. However, they were not as successful with China.
At the end of the eighteenth century, China�s goods were much desired by Britain. However, the Chinese saw Europeans as savages and did not want to trade with them. During trade, there was an imbalance in China�s favor, because the Europeans were forced to buy Chinese goods using silver. The Western Imperialists began to grow opium poppies from in India, and then smuggle them into China. China soon became addicted to the drug and spent most of it�s money on the purchase of it from the Europeans and Americans. This shifted the balance of power to be in Europe�s favor.
In the early 1800�s, Japan had blocked off all trade from other countries. Foreign whaling ships could not even...
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