Rudyard Kipling The White Man’s Burden

Social Darwinism Imperialism Breeds Racism

EGYPT Fall of Ottoman Empire Muhammad Ali “Father of Modern Egypt” Economic and Political Reform Increased foreign relationships “Westernize” to fend off imperialism Muhammad’s death= Fall of Egypt French investors British “protectorate” Suez Canal Economic Imperialism

“ Yankee Imperialism” 1823 Monroe Doctrine US to protect business in Mexico. Europeans not to Colonize the Americas Open Japanese Ports 1889 Spanish American War US gains Cuba and pays 2 million for Spain to “hand over” the Philippines 1901 Platt Amendment US establishes naval bases in Cuba 1914 Panama Canal US helps Panamanians defeat the Columbians, but then steals their land Economic Imperialism Humanitarian Imperialism

Intercontinental Trade Suez Canal Egypt British Protectorate Panama Canal Panama US protectorate

Imperialism in Asia

China Qing Dynasty Opium Trade 1 st Opium War Treaty of Nanking 1842 Hong Kong surrendered An indemnity of $100 million Open four large cities to trade Open Door Policy Partition of China Economic Imperialism Self Preservation

Imperialism in Asia Open Door Policy Boxer Rebellion Nationalist movement Anti foreign/Anti Christian

Japanese Imperialism Japan and China 1500= “Isolationism” US forces Japan to open Ports in $ appeals to the ruling classes Sino-Japanese War- Russo-Japanese War

Imperialism in India British East India Company Sepoys= Indian soldiers Sepoy Rebellion- “Great Rebellion” Muslim & Hindus forced against beliefs Indians lost, British increase taxes 1858 British Parliament controls India from London All white civil servants working in India (3,500) India serves as a “gate” to China

Imperialism in India Railways and Roads Cash Crops Massive Deforestation Better Healthcare British “Modernization”

Imperialism in Africa

The African “fever” European powers stepping on each other Scramble for land Scramble for gold, diamonds, exotic Berlin Conference 1884 Ethiopia & Liberia = Free

Berlin Conference

Imperialism in Africa South Africa Afrikaners v. Zulu British v. Zulu British v. Dutch Settlers 1910 British Apartheid Government established Boer War

Imperialism in Africa Cecil Rhodes De Beers Mining Co Maxim Machine Gun Sierra Leone