Western countries colonize large areas of Africa and Asia ...
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Western countries colonize large areas of Africa and Asia, leading to political and cultural changes.
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Western countries colonize large areas of Africa and Asia, leading to political and cultural changes.
MAIN IDEA: Ignoring the claims of African ethnic groups, kingdoms, and city-states, Europeans established colonies.
WHY IT MATTERS NOW: African nations continue to feel the effects of the colonial presence more than 100 years later.
European countries colonized areas in Africa south of the Sahara; as a result the local populations were enslaved, exploited, and sometimes exterminated.
Armies, rivers, disease discourage exploration
Imperialism — seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country
Missionaries, explorers, humanitarians reach interior of Africa
Three motives behind the European race for colonies.
Two technological advantages Europeans had over the Africans.
Two factors within Africa that made it vulnerable to conquest.
Two outcomes of the Berlin Conference in 1884.
Three groups that clashed over territory and resources in South Africa.
One outcome of the Boer War.
Three motives behind the European race for colonies.
Two technological advantages Europeans had over the Africans.
Two factors within Africa that made it vulnerable to conquest.
Two outcomes of the Berlin Conference in 1884.
Three groups that clashed over territory and resources in South Africa.
One outcome of the Boer War.
Race for colonies grows out of national pride
Racism: belief that one race is better than others
Social Darwinism: survival of the fittest applied to human society
I contend that we [Britons] are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race. … It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the most human, most honorable race the world possesses.
— Cecil Rhodes, Confession of Faith, 1887
1A – Is Cecil Rhodes in favor of or opposed to imperialism, and what rationale does he give for his stance.
1B – What one idea does Rhodes think Great Britain should be focused on?
Three motives behind the European race for colonies.
Two technological advantages Europeans had over the Africans.
Two factors within Africa that made it vulnerable to conquest.
Two outcomes of the Berlin Conference in 1884.
Three groups that clashed over territory and resources in South Africa.
One outcome of the Boer War.
Technological inventions like steam engine, Maxim gun help conquest
Perfection of quinine protects Europeans from malaria
Three motives behind the European race for colonies.
Two technological advantages Europeans had over the Africans.
Two factors within Africa that made it vulnerable to conquest.
Two outcomes of the Berlin Conference in 1884.
Three groups that clashed over territory and resources in South Africa.
One outcome of the Boer War.
Within Africa, Africans are divided by language and culture
Various groups were easy to set against each other.
Three motives behind the European race for colonies.
Two technological advantages Europeans had over the Africans.
Two factors within Africa that made it vulnerable to conquest.
Two outcomes of the Berlin Conference in 1884.
Three groups that clashed over territory and resources in South Africa.
One outcome of the Boer War.
14 nations agree on rules for division (1884–85): countries must claim land and prove ability to control it
By 1914, only Liberia and Ethiopia are free of European control
Three motives behind the European race for colonies.
Two technological advantages Europeans had over the Africans.
Two factors within Africa that made it vulnerable to conquest.
Two outcomes of the Berlin Conference in 1884.
Three groups that clashed over territory and resources in South Africa.
One outcome of the Boer War.
Zulus Fight the British British defeat Zulus and gain control of Zulu nation
in 1887 Boers and British Settle in the Cape Boers, or Dutch farmers, take Africans’ land,
establish large farms Boers clash with British over land, slaves move north
to escape British The Boer War Boer War between British, Boers begins in 1899 British win; Boer republics united in Union of South
Africa (1910)
Three motives behind the European race for colonies.
Two technological advantages Europeans had over the Africans.
Two factors within Africa that made it vulnerable to conquest.
Two outcomes of the Berlin Conference in 1884.
Three groups that clashed over territory and resources in South Africa.
One outcome of the Boer War.
6A – What do you think the arms in this cartoon are meant to depict?
6B – What does the representation of England suggest about the cartoonist’s view of British imperialism?
MAIN IDEA: European nations expanded their empires by seizing territories from Muslim states.
WHY IT MATTERS NOW: Political events in this vital resource area are still influenced by actions from the imperialistic period.
In the 18th and 19th Centuries, the political and economic power of the Islamic countries was overwhelmed by European colonialism.
Death of Suleyman
• Series of weak rulers, corruption, decline
Rise of Nationalism
• Inspired Greeks, Serbs and others to fight Ottomans
Geopolitics
• Wanted control of Ottoman Empire because of location
Suez Canal
• Egypt had to turn to France to finance
Discovery of oil in Persia
• Granted access to Britain and Russia to finance
Death of Suleyman
• Series of weak rulers, corruption, decline
Rise of Nationalism
• Inspired Greeks, Serbs and others to fight Ottomans
Geopolitics
• Wanted control of Ottoman Empire because of location
Suez Canal
• Egypt had to turn to France to finance
Discovery of oil in Persia
• Granted access to Britain and Russia to finance
Death of Suleyman
• Series of weak rulers, corruption, decline
Rise of Nationalism
• Inspired Greeks, Serbs and others to fight Ottomans
Geopolitics
• Wanted control of Ottoman Empire because of location
Suez Canal
• Egypt had to turn to France to finance
Discovery of oil in Persia
• Granted access to Britain and Russia to finance
Death of Suleyman
• Series of weak rulers, corruption, decline
Rise of Nationalism
• Inspired Greeks, Serbs and others to fight Ottomans
Geopolitics
• Wanted control of Ottoman Empire because of location
Suez Canal
• Egypt had to turn to France to finance
Discovery of oil in Persia
• Granted access to Britain and Russia to finance
Russia’s desire for warm water port (first nurses, first journalists)
Death of Suleyman
• Series of weak rulers, corruption, decline
Rise of Nationalism
• Inspired Greeks, Serbs and others to fight Ottomans
Geopolitics
• Wanted control of Ottoman Empire because of location
Suez Canal
• Egypt had to turn to France to finance
Discovery of oil in Persia
• Granted access to Britain and Russia to finance
THE SUEZ CANAL
Man made canal connecting the Red Sea with
the Mediterranean Sea
Huge importance to trade and military
French help finance the building of the canal.
Egypt is unable to pay even the interest on the
$450 project
British insist on overseeing financial control
Death of Suleyman
• Series of weak rulers, corruption, decline
Rise of Nationalism
• Inspired Greeks, Serbs and others to fight Ottomans
Geopolitics
• Wanted control of Ottoman Empire because of location
Suez Canal
• Egypt had to turn to Britain to finance
Discovery of oil in Persia
• Granted access to Britain and Russia to finance
MAIN IDEA: As the Mughal Empire declined, Britain seized Indian territory and soon controlled almost the whole subcontinent.
WHY IT MATTERS NOW: India, the second most populated nation in the world, has its political roots in this colony.
British Rule in India Colonialism leads to Imperialism
British East India Company
Sepoys
“Jewel in the Crown”
Railroads and Plantation Crops
British Economic Control
Sepoy Mutiny
Indian Nationalism
Partition
Racism
Call for self-government
Westernization
MAIN IDEA: Demand for Asian products drove Western imperialists to seek possession of Southeast Asian lands.
WHY IT MATTERS NOW: Southeast Asian independence struggles in the 20th century have their roots in this period of imperialism.
• What happened as a result of the Opium War? 1
• What was the Taiping Rebellion? 2 • How did foreigners begin to gain
control over China? 3
• What was the Boxer Rebellion? 4
