I M P E R I A L I S M
By Brent Pillsbury
Mission Viejo High School
I M P E R I A L I S M
One countries domination, of the political, economic, and social life of another country.
NATIONS COMPETED FOR OVERSEAS EMPIRES
BRITAIN LED THE CHALLENGE. THEY NEEDED MORE RESOURCES TO RUN THEIR FACTORIES
IMPERIALISM FOSTERED RIVALRIES
SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, GERMAY, GREAT BRITAIN
EUROPE BELIEVED IN ITS SUPERIORITY
THANKS TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THE EUROPEANS HAD WEAPONS, AND WAYS TO GET TO OTHER COUNTRIES
CECIL RHODES SAID,
“I CONTEND THAT WE BRITONS ARE THE FIRST RACE IN THE WORLD, AND MORE OF THE WORLD WE INHABIT THE BETTER IT IS FORTHE HUMAN RACE”
IMPERIALISM HAD MASS APPEAL
STORIES OF ADVENTURE IN FAR OFF LANDS GLORIFIED IMPERIALISM. NEWSPAPERS ALSO COMPETED FOR READERS SO NOT EVERYTHING WAS TRUE!
IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
DAVID LIVINGSTON WAS THE MOST FAMOUS EXPLORER WHO PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THE NATIVES.
IMPERIALISM IN INDIA
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION RELIED ON INDIA FOR ITS SUPPLIES, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA WERE ALSO EXPLOITED AS A WORK FORCE.
IMPERIALISM IN CHINA
THE CHINESE WERE SELF SUFFICIENT AND DID NOT NEED THE NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!!
IMPERIALISM IN CHINA
THE EUROPEANS DID NOT GIVE UP AND GOT THE CHINESE HOOKED ON OPIUM!! THEY THEN RELIED ON THE EUROPEANS FOR THEIR NEW HABIT.
IMPERIALISM IN JAPAN
THE JAPANESE UNLIKE THE CHINESE DID NOT FIGHT OFF IMPERIALISM AND LET THE THE EUROPEANS COME IN AND MAKE THEM BIGGER AND BETTER!!
IMPERIALISM REACHED LATIN AMERICA
CHILE, PANAMA, CUBA, HAITI, NICARAGUA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD
NO PART OF THE WORLD WAS TOO REMOTE FOR TRADE AND COLONIZATION.
IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD
THE INDUSTRIAL NATIONS WERE WILLING TO COMPETE EVEN FOR THE SMALLEST ISLAND.
IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD
BY THE EARLY 1900’S, EXPLORERS FROM SEVERAL NATIONS WERE RACING TO CLAIM EVEN THE FROZEN WASTES OF ANTARCTICA.
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