Christopher Columbus went west in his search for a new way to get to Asia.
Rome-Berlin Axis
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Answer:
Among the factors that influence public opinion are a person's background, the mass media, public officials, and interest groups. One way to measure public opinion is by looking at election results.
China:
As many European nations and the United States created spheres of influence in China. Reform began in the country and the Qing Dynasty slowly developed China during WW1, despite European powers owning small cities or territories of China. The did not get involved in WW1. But pre-WW2 instability began and a two sided stand appeared in China (Nationalists vs Communists) Then to make matters worse a bigger foe from the East appeared. Japan, they had attacked China during before and WW2 forcing the Nationalists and Communists Chinese to work together. After the War the Communists to the advantage to attack the Nationalists again. The Nationalists fled to the Island of Taiwan as the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) and Communist China was established under Mao Zedongs leadership.
Japan:
Japan was one of the only Nations who did not get directly colonized. But in 1853 under Commodore Matthew Perry, the Pacific American Navy arrived on Japanese shores to force open up Japanese isolation using "gunboat diplomacy" which works a something like this, "Open up your country or we will shoot you with our gunboats" and so the Tokugawa Shogunate agreed to Perry's terms without a fight. This made the Tokugawa's leadership highly unpopular and the Emperor of Japan took over and gained its former political and military power. The era was known as the Meiji Restoration which also modernized Japan with new western technology. Japan in the future during WW2 then became an Imperial powerhouse conquering most of East and South-East Asia under the Rising Sun.
Mexico:
During the Spanish colonization of South and Central America. The indigenous peoples of what today is Mexico have been enslaved or conquered. The Mexican War of independence had ended 300 years of Spanish Rule, but civil war had erupted in 1910 which was the Conservatives against the liberals. This war lasted 14 years. This war eventually led to a revolutionary victory and concluded the Mexican Revolution.
Points
China:
-Imperialism: European powers took cities and territories of China and Japan did as well during ww2
-economic instability: During European influence and after ww2
-revolutionary effect: Created a Communist China and the country of Taiwan
Japan:
-Imperialism: Great Britain, Russia, and USA created spheres of influence in Japan but never directly colonized it
-economic instability: During ww2 and during feudal times
-revolutionary effect: There was not main revolution but the Meiji Restoration shaped Japan to become a the first non-western modern country
Mexico:
-Imperialism: Spain had conquered it during the 1500s
-economic instability: during the Mexican Revolution
-Revolutionary affect: The Mexican Revolution ended a 30 year dictatorship and established a republic
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