Home Fun: Agenda: April 5, 2016 Terrific Tuesday Warm-Up FN: Motives of Imperialism Discuss “The Gentlemen of the Jungle” Home Fun: Read, mark and annotate documents Answer questions for The “White Mans Burden” Warm-Up Read, mark and annotate the “Two Views of Imperialism in Africa” Answer the Questions to think about. 2-3 sentences each AP Euro Week 12

Motives for European Imperialism

Today’s Standard Essential Question 10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism... What were the motivations behind European Imperialism from 1850-1914. Essential Question

European Overseas Empires 4 phases of European contact with the New World: discovery, exploration, conquest, settlement—to end of 17th c. mercantile empires & great power trade rivalries; slavery; colonial independence—to 1820s 19th-c. empires in Africa & Asia decolonization, mid- to late 20th c. source of European world domination: technology (ships & guns)

Imperialism – Takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation for the purpose of domination.

European Motives For Colonization European Nationalism Source for Raw Materials Missionary Activity Industrial Revolution European Motives For Colonization Markets for Finished Goods Military & Naval Bases Social Darwinism European Racism Places to Dump Unwanted/ Excess Popul. Humanitarian Reasons Soc. & Eco. Opportunities “White Man’s Burden”

Motives Driving the New Imperialism Economic interests Imperialism and Industrialization are inseparable Industrialization – more access to natural resources Ex: rubber petroleum, manganese, palm oil Created markets to sell products on = $$$ to better Euro. economies

2. Political and Military Motives Continued 2. Political and Military More Colonies = POWER Nationalism – when one European country began expanding others tried to stop them, by controlling land around them Steam-powered ships and naval vessels needed bases to take on coal and supplies Industrial countries seized land for this

3. Humanitarian and Religious goals Motives Continued 3. Humanitarian and Religious goals Genuine concern for their “little brothers” beyond the seas Missionaries began taking the Christian religion to new areas “White Man’s Burden” Idea that it was the white mans responsibility to take civilization to the rest of the world Examples: Medicine Law Christianity

4. Social Darwinism & Racism Motives Continued 4. Social Darwinism & Racism Growing sense of racial superiority Applied Darwin's “survival of the fittest” to human societies European races were seen as being superior to others European imperial domination of weaker races was natures way of improving the human species Millions of non-westerners (Europeans) were robbed of their cultural heritage. Europeans Everyone Else

Forms of Imperial Rule Indirect Control – (Protectorate) Relied on existing leaders Gov’t institutions were based on European styles British, U.S used Indirect control

Forms of Imperial Rule Cont. Direct Control (Sphere of Influence) Foreign leaders rule Viewed Africans as Children unable to rule themselves French, Germans, Portuguese used Direct control

Imperialism – A Process