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Vf. Rise of Western Dominance/Cultural & Political Reactions
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Topics for V. AP Themes: 1750-1914
The Monroe Doctrine Declared
This site examines the Monroe Doctrine as a document rooted in the revolutionary past and the changing global role of the U.S.
 The Monroe Doctrine Declared
Thomas Jefferson on the Monroe Doctrine
This site offers the text of a letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison commenting on a speech made by Madison that inaugurated what came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine.
Thomas Jefferson on the Monroe Doctrine
European Capitalism and the Ottoman State
This site offers a tutorial for students showing how world and indigenous economies led to the ultimate decline of Ottoman Empire. The content is demanding, but it includes stimulating questions for thought.
European Capitalism and the Ottoman State
Macedonia and the Failure of Ottoman Reforms
An Alternative Path: The Case of Egypt, Muhammed Ali and Modernization
These two sites offer insight into how the efforts of the Ottoman Empire to match Western advances threatened its sovereignty by expanding individual liberty while at the same time centralizing power in the hands of the Sultan and a more efficient bureaucracy.
Macedonia and the Failure of Ottoman Reforms
An Alternative Path: The Case of Egypt, Muhammed Ali and Modernization
Tanzimat Reform: An Exercise in Futility?
This site, which offers a tutorial narrative on the political career of Mohammad Ali of Egypt, is composed of selections from various scholarly works interspersed with thought provoking questions. After Napoleon's sojourn in Egypt, its Ottoman governor, Mohammad Ali attempted to "make Egypt another France." It remains unclear whether he intended it to be the France of 1789, that of the restored monarchy, or that that of the French Empire. Ali's break with Ottoman precedent and his experiment with Westernization marked a major watershed in world history.
Tanzimat Reform: An Exercise in Futility?
The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-1864
Emergence Of Modern China: II
These sites survey the course and impact of the Taiping Rebellion in China, which was directed by leaders who both continued and broke with Chinese tradition and impacted China's "self-strengthening" movement.
The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-1864
Emergence Of Modern China: II
Mexico's Lincoln
Benito Juarez is the focus of this site.
Mexico's Lincoln
K'ang Yu-wei
K'ang Yu Wei was charged with developing a strategy to "modernize" China. His efforts illustrate the difficulties of modernizers who attempt to reform traditional political systems from within, rather than through revolution.
K'ang Yu-wei
The Meiji Period
This site presents a brief summary of the impact of the Meiji Restoration in Japan. While preserving Japan's traditional culture, the Restoration opened the door to industrialization and modernization.
The Meiji Period
Imperialism
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
The Expansionist/Anti-Imperialist Debate at the Turn of the Century
"The White Man's Burden" and Its Critics
"...Their Own Ruin": The Story of the 1898 U.S. Philippine Annexation
These sites provide text, links, and lesson plans on European colonialism and anticolonial resistance.
Imperialism
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
The Expansionist/Anti-Imperialist Debate at the Turn of the Century
The Philippine War and Anti-Imperialism
Annexation Of The Hawaiian Islands, 1898
Hawai'i Independent & Sovereign
Spanish American War
A Splendid Little War
U.S. Intervention in the Cuban Independence War
The Trans-Isthmian Canal and its History
Dollar Diplomacy
New Manifest Destiny, American Imperialism
These sites are devoted to the study of the American empire in the Philippines, Hawaii, the Spanish-American War, American interests in Cuba and Panama, and America's "Dollar Diplomacy."
The Philippine War and Anti-Imperialism
Annexation Of The Hawaiian Islands, 1898
Hawai'i Independent & Sovereign
Spanish American War
A Splendid Little War
U.S. Intervention in the Cuban Independence War
The Trans-Isthmian Canal and its History
Dollar Diplomacy
New Manifest Destiny, American Imperialism
Jules Ferry (1832-1893): On French Colonial Expansion
This site offers a frequently quoted speech by the French Prime Minister Jules Ferry espousing the value of European empire building.
Jules Ferry (1832-1893): On French Colonial Expansion
Kaiser Wilhelm II and German Interests in China
Two speeches of Kaiser Wilhelm II on German colonialism in China are featured on this site.
Kaiser Wilhelm II and German Interests in China
Liberalism Defined
This site surveys the impact of consolidating colonial society in Latin America and offers insight into the perceived differences in ideology between Liberals and Conservatives in Latin America.
Liberalism Defined
The Boxer Rebellion
Fei Ch'i-hao: The Boxer Rebellion, 1900
The Boxer Rebellion of 1900
Ch'ing China: The Boxer Rebellion
Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of China
The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-64
These sites provide insight into the Boxer Rebellion and a close look into the role played Christian missionary activity in its outbreak.
The Boxer Rebellion
Fei Ch'i-hao: The Boxer Rebellion, 1900
The Boxer Rebellion of 1900
Ch' ing China: The Boxer Rebellion
Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of China
The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-64
The Mensheviks
This site provides the text of a Menshevik manifesto. The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks, which were to become the two wings of Russian socialism, emerged during the Revolution of 1905.
The Mensheviks
The Young Turks: Proclamation for the Ottoman Empire, 1908
This site offers the text of a proclamation by the Young Turk movement that expresses their view of political and economic reform in nationalist terms.
The Young Turks: Proclamation for the Ottoman Empire, 1908
Emiliano Zapata
This site sets the famous Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata in context with other Mexican intellectuals and with the view of a later admirer, the American novelist, John Steinbeck.
Emiliano Zapata
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