I M P E R I A L I S M

I M P E R I A L I S M One countries domination, of the political, economic, and social life of another country.

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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

WHO DID BRITAIN CONQUER INDIA CHINA NEW ZEALAND HONG KONG AUSTRALIA

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” It was a sign of a countries power.

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.

ETHIOPIA AND LIBERIA RESIST Some countries were able to resist imperialism. This was mainly because of weapons and a well trained army.

AFRICA

IMPERIALISM IN INDIA THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION RELIED ON INDIA FOR ITS SUPPLIES, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA WERE ALSO EXPLOITED AS A WORK FORCE.

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IMPERIALISM IN CHINA THE CHINESE WERE SELF SUFFICIENT AND DID NOT NEED THE NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

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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.