Managing & Resisting Imperialism How did imperialist countries manage their colonies? French West Africa British Nigeria
Indirect Control Direct Control Imperial Management Europeans developed two methods to manage colony Indirect Control Direct Control Local rulers/officials used Foreign rulers/officials used Some self rule to develop loyal future leaders No self-rule, people need to be loyal to “parent” country Based on European laws & local laws Used only European laws, “paternalism” Keep customs & traditions Assimilate the people into “parent” country’s culture Ex: Britain, US Ex: France, Germany, Portugal Positive effects of colonization: less local warfare, increased literacy, industrialization. Negative effects: lost culture, new diseases, famine
Case Study: Nigeria page 347-348 According to the map on page 347, how many major cultural groups were in Nigeria? According to the map, what main resource did the Royal-Niger company control? Read Gaining Control on page 347 3. How did the British gain control of S. Nigeria? Read Managing the Colony (p 348) 4. How were the Hausa-Fulani different from the Igbo and Yoruba people? 5. Why did the British use indirect control? 6. Which groups accepted this method and which rejected it? Why?
Resisting Imperialism Algeria: Algerians fought French rule for 50 years French had superior weapons, movement fails 2. German East Africa: Germans force planting of cotton instead of food crops Maji Maji believed magic water would stop German bullets, movement fails 3. Ethiopia: only successful movement against Italy Menelik II buys weapons from France & Russia Defeats Italians in 1896, keeps his country independent Liberia, founded by former Af-American slaves also remains independent (US protection)
Resistance Movements in Africa 1881-1906 (page 349) How many resistance movements happened? What was the first resistance movement? What was the last resistance movement? What group had the shortest resistance movement during the 1900s? What part of Africa had few resistance movements? 8 9 12 10 11
South African Resistance 1600s: Boers (Dutch) claim land in Cape Town, push out native Zulu 1820: British take over Cape Town & clash w/ Boers 1830: British force Boers out (Great Trek) Boers force Zulu out & create 2 states (Boerland) 1880: Diamonds & gold are discovered in Boer Land – Boers clash w/ new miners, residents , Boers blame British
The Boer Wars 1899: Boer War go to war with British. British burn down Boer farms kidnap women & children, form concentration camps 1909: British also fighting Zulu but defeat Boers & Zulu 1910: Boers & Zulus forced into new colony Union of South Africa
Imperialism in Africa Why did many Europeans favor colonialism? Where was some of the worst African exploitation? What did Joseph Conrad write? What are the only countries to resist imperialism? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJe1W_HIWmA