ALL MINE! Imperialism

I Want, I Want!

Imperialism Extension of a nation’s power of other lands. Considered new as direct control was wanted. Used to be happy with a trading post

The Little Man

Why? Economic motives Rivalries Social Darwinism Racism “Survival of the Fittest”

Not His Idea

Great Britain Found Singapore in 1819 Major stop on route to China British further went into Asia and took Burma Took to control possessions in India

British in India

France Had missionaries in Vietnam 1857: forced Vietnamese to accept French protection. Protectorate Occupied Saigon 1884: Hanoi

Parlez-vous Francais?

Thailand Was called Siam France and England went against one another King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn prevented occupation

Mongkut, Really!

United States 1898: U.S. Navy defeats Spanish at Manila Bay George Dewey was commander William McKinley turns Philippines to American colony

The President

Colonial Regimes Goal to exploit natural resources Indirect Rule: local rulers allowed to keep authority and status Sometimes not possible

How Powerful A Ruler!

Regimes 2 Direct rule: The motherland directed the colony directly via colonial government Many western countries wanted to bring representative governments forward

Representative? Fun!

Colonial Economies Colonial policy stressed export Plantation agriculture Wage laborers on foreign owned plantations Wages at poverty level

Not Quite

Economies 2 Modern economic system began Railroads and highways were built Entrepreneurial class in rural areas

I’m The Only One

Colonial Resistance Ruling class resisted first Burma: king fought occupation himself Vietnam: Can Vuong (Save the King) fought against French for the king

RE- VOLT

Resistance 2 Peasant revolts took place later Often driven off land Saya San led revolt against regime after takeover was completed

Don’t Mess

Resistance 3 Early resistance failed Then used western educated people Tried to defend economic ideas first. Then nationalism

African Empires Prior to 1880, Europe let Africa alone : Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Portugal then wanted colonies

Refined

West Africa Raw materials were important Timber, peanuts, hides, and palm oil. Europeans had profited from slave trade in the early 1800s

Not that Peanuts

West Africa 2 Decline in slave trade led to decline in interest 1874: Great Britain annexed coastal areas into a British colony on the Gold Coast

Silver and Gold

North Africa Egyptians sought independence with the decline of the Ottoman Empire 1805: Muhammad Ali seized power to establish Egypt as independent

Not that One

North Africa 2 Ali modernized the army, set up a public school system, and helped create industry. Industry included sugar, textiles, munitions and ship building

Straight from the Factory

Nile River Economic importance grows Steamship development Decided to build a canal 1854: Ferdinand de Lesseps to build Suez Canal

Trouble in the Suez

Suez Issues Called “lifeline to India” 1875: Britain bought Egypt’s share Egyptian revolt 1881 Became British protectorate 1914

The Canal

Central Africa David Livingstone went to Africa in year old medical missionary Spent 30 years in Central Africa Was in uncharted regions

The Doc

Central 2 Map of Africa were re-drawn with Livingstone’s notes He disappeared for a time Henry Stanley, New York Herald, went to look for him.

The Finder

Central 3 Found Livingstone on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika “Dr. Livingstone, I presume” Stanley stayed to continued Livingstone’s work

The Lake

Central 4 Stanley disliked Africa Explored the Congo River in the 1870s Encouraged British to send settlers to the area

Congo River

Central 5 Britain refused Gave to King Leopold II of Belgium 1876: Hired Stanley to set up Belgian colonies in Congo

A Gift

East Africa Britain and Germany became rivals Otto von Bismarck resisted colonization but relented after listening to the people

Otto

East 2 If the British got East Africa, England would own mostly all the Eastern part of Africa Berlin Conference 1884 and 1885 No Africans present

Berlin

South Africa 1865: Total white population was 200,000 Boers or Afrikaners: descendants of original Dutch settlers They held Cape Town once

Boers

South 2 During the Napoleonic Wars, the British seized the land from the Dutch British began to encourage colonization

Gosh!

Boer Republics Boers left after they were disgusted with British rule “Great Trek” One of every five Boers joined the trek Orange and Vaal River settled

I’ll Walk

Boer 2 They made two republics Orange Free State Transvaal State (South Africa Republic) Believe white superiority ordained by God

New

Boer 3 Non-europeans had no place in society Indigenous people were placed on reservations Frequently battled the Zulu Shaka carved out Zulu empire

Attack!

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