Colonialism in Asia
By: Salman Al-Bahlal
KEY TERMS
Imperialism: the policy of extending the rule or
authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries,
or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
Colonialism: The control or governing influence
of a nation over a dependent county, territory, or
people.
the motives for colonialism
Reasons for Imperialism
(General)
*natural wealth
*weakness of
countries
*the French felt that
they had to be
superior to the UK in
all respect
French Colonial Empire 1534–
1980
The countries that were under the French
empire command in Asia are:
Lebanon
Syria
India
China
Laos Indochina
Vietnam Indochina
What happened in Syria?
Syria was one of the ottoman empire state before of the fall of ottoman
empire
It’s change as kingdom under king Feisal I rule
Syria was one country before French get in there country for 25 year.
Syria was country but it’s fell and they divide it to 6 countries
These countries get back as one country except Lebanon .
The French revolution finished the ‘Great Syrian Revolt’ since the end
of World War I
The step of imperialism
After the end of the 
world war I the
people in Syria give
the rule to king Feisal
and he give
Yusuf El- Azama the
power of his army
and Yusuf build a
good army but
One of the generals in
French military was
named: Henri Gouraud
came to Lebanese port
with his army and he sent
a letter telling him that he
have to give the power to
France and he told him to
dismiss the Syrian army
in 24 hours.
The Battle of Maysalun
*The Commander of the Syrian army disagreed
with his king and he asked some soldiers from his
army to join him to stand against the French army
and when the king asked him why ? He said: "it's
about our dignity”
*After that they found the French army coming so
they asked why did they come ?
*The French told theme the time is finished
*Yusuf went to the battlefield with 3000 men and
they were a random people
*They fought against 9000 solder from French
army
After the battle
Yusuf El-Azama died
fighting the French and
the French when the
battle and he chastened
Syrian people because
they fight him by
dividing their country
The countries
These countries
built as Religious
doctrines and some
territories get
indolence like
Lebanon and
Damascus and
Aleppo
Sheikh Sultan al-Atrash
The leader of Syrian
people against the
French imperialism
The Indochina imperialism
The Indochina's include:
Laos, Vietnam, and
Cambodia. they were
kingdoms and after the
French colonies, Japan
command them for a
while before they get
the power back.
The Great British Empire
The countries that were under British
command in Asia are:
Iraq
Palestine
India
“The sun never sets on the British
Empire”
The east Indian company
The east Indian
company trade with
India seems normal, but
they couldn't control
their work very well
because of the east
French company and
the Mughal Empire.
The Battle of Plassy
The Mughal Empire get so
weak and that was a great
opportunity for the British to
get the power in India
They fought against each
other in a battle called the
Battle of Plassey and the
British defeat the French
and the Indian
*India became very important to British and they
called India the “jewel of crown’’
*Queen Elizabeth I changed the company to be a
government for India
*In the early 1800s, Britain controlled India with
Indian troops called sepoys.
*The rules British officials made forced
Soldiers to go against their religion in
*In 1857, the Indian troops grew angry and began
the sepoy rebellion.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
*Opponent of communalism
*He started the “Nonviolence Revolution ”
*Until one religious Hindu
killed him before India got
independence
THE HOLYLAND
Palestine was one of the colonies countries
from the British and after the second world
war the Palestinians give it to the Jews to
build a country for the Jews.
The British army in Gaza
Effects
*The imperialism affect at the east and we
can see the effect at the map like Syria get
three countries Lebanon and Jordan
*If we looked at Indian they change to
three countries Pakistan and Bengal
*And the official language is English and
Hindi
*The national language in Lebanon is
French
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