KC 5.2: Imperialism & Nation-State Formation Period 5: 1750-1900
Industrializing powers expanded existing overseas colonies & established new types of colonies & transoceanic empires
States with existing colonies strengthened control over those colonies British in India Dutch in Indonesia
Spanish & Portuguese influence declined European states, as well as the Americas & Japanese, established empires throughout Asia & the Pacific British Dutch French German Russian Spanish & Portuguese influence declined
Many European states used both warfare & diplomacy to establish empires in Africa British in West Africa Belgians in the Congo
In some parts of their empires, Europeans established SETTLER COLOINES British in Southern Africa, Australia, & New Zealand French in Algeria
In other parts of the world, industrialized states practiced ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM British & French expanding their influence in China through the Opium War British & U.S. investing heavily in Latin America
Imperialism influenced state formation & contraction around the world
The expansion of U.S. influence over Tokugawa Japan led to the emergence of MEIJI JAPAN
The U.S. & Russia emulated European transoceanic imperialism by expanding their land borders & conquering neighboring territories
Anti-imperial resistance led to the contraction of the Ottoman Empire Establishment of Independent states in the Balkans Semi-Independence in Egypt French & Italian colonies in North Africa Later British influence in Egypt
New states developed on the edges of existing empires Cherokee nation Siam Hawaii Zulu Kingdom
The development & spread of NATIONALISM as an ideology fostered new communal identifies German Filipino Liberian
New racial ideologies, especially SOCIAL DARWINISM, facilitated & justified imperialism