History Notes: From 1757 Leading up to World War I
Robert Clive/Battle of Plassey 1757- British wanted to bring India into their empire. Incredible ambitious. Begin career as clerk for East Indian Company. He tried to commit suicide twice. Desperately unhappy and wanted to do something with his life. Siraj Ud- Dula was beginning to resist the East Indian Company. Clive said I know how to defeat this man the Indians had more people than the East Indian Company. He went around and begins to buy loyalty of generals to rebel against the prince. The Battle of Plessey 1757- Between East Indian Company and Siraj ud- Dula. Siraj even brought elephants to fight and the general refused to fight or fled the field. The East Indian Company broke the Mongol Empire. They did it by exploiting the differences in the empire. They obtained the province of Bengal.
Spanish American War- 1898- By late 1800 Spanish empire was on last leg. The Spanish empire was weak and they held territory that the U.S. wanted. the people of Cuba rose up because they wanted their independence and rebelled against the Spanish and the Spanish responded brutally. They rounded up Cuban rebels and their families and forced them into camps. 200,000 died. This campaign was marked by brutality. Soldiers burned livestock and poured poison in the water. American didn’t know what to do about this rebellion. American said these people wanted their independence we should help them but some said that this was none of their concern. There were some Americans who had interests in Cuba because of crops. Pulitzer and Hearst called yellow journalism they exaggerates they begin to get American people to enter into the war. February 15, 1898. Off the coast of Cuba the USS Maine exploded. When the main exploded in 1898 they thought the Spanish did it. The U.S. defeated Span and took over the old empire. The Philippines became a part of the U.S. The U.S. for a mixture of strategic, economic, and cultural reason refused to allow the Filipinos independence and acquired the
Spanish American War- 1898- By late 1800 Spanish empire was on last leg. The Spanish empire was weak and they held territory that the U.S. wanted. the people of Cuba rose up because they wanted their independence and rebelled against the Spanish and the Spanish responded brutally. They rounded up Cuban rebels and their families and forced them into camps. 200,000 died. This campaign was marked by brutality. Soldiers burned livestock and poured poison in the water. American didn’t know what to do about this rebellion. American said these people wanted their independence we should help them but some said that this was none of their concern. There were some Americans who had interests in Cuba because of crops. Pulitzer and Hearst called yellow journalism they exaggerates they begin to get American people to enter into the war. February 15, 1898. Off the coast of Cuba the USS Maine exploded. When the main exploded in 1898 they thought the Spanish did it. The U.S. defeated Span and took over the old empire. The Philippines became a part of the U.S. The U.S. for a mixture of strategic, economic, and cultural reason refused to allow the Filipinos independence and acquired the