After the Boxer Rebellion, Boxer leaders were executed, and the palaces were looted.
It led Europeans to believe that they were better than Asians and Africans
Japan adopted the phrase "civilization and enlightenment" during this time. These were two of the biggest goals that the Japanese strove for.
To establish a naval base
Their labor was sold by their government.
It greatly reduced the time required for ships traveling from the eastern to the western United States. It also saved travel time for ships of all nations. To get to either the Pacific or Atlantic oceans became a shorter trip than traveling around the southern tip of Argentina.
Improved transportation and medicine were the two primary factors that increased European exploration and interests in interior Africa in the late 1800s.
It provided for equal trade rights among nations in China.
Increase the territory of the united States (AT&T)
Asia and Africa.
Areas of China controlled by Western powers for trade.
World trade became more important to the American economy.
Navel Bases
he points out that the us already does this with natives
They were meant to protect U.S. interests in China.
The nations that received them did not fully accept them.