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  Industrialization  Brought raw materials to Europe  Increase in exports  European goods started to be more desirable  Technological advances led to a European Advantage  Rivalries between European Countries  Fear of each other and not Muslims I. Introduction

  Became profitable compared to earlier expeditions  Dutch  Trading post established in Java  Started as vassals- helped sultans of Mataram  Started to gain control through war intervention  Virtually controlled everything II. Europeans in Asia

  British  English East India Company  Initially- mostly independent  Got involved in Indian affairs  Used Sepoys to build armies  Bitish Raj- British rule in India  Battle of Plassey  3000 British/Sepoys defeat Indians II. Europeans in Asia

  British cont.  Muslims and Hindus could not unite  Mughal empire collapsed  British take over as a result of feuding Princes  Sepoys fueled British expansion  Cultural  Tried to bring England to India but failed  Adopted some culture  Intermarriage yet racial tensions  Kept caste system  Kept princes as figureheads in provinces II. Europeans in Asia

  British cont.  Nabobs led to corruption  1790s -Parliament got involved  Lord Cornwallis- helped stop corruption and removed some colonial power  Eventually Sati was outlawed  Pushed British culture II. Europeans in Asia

  Initial Rivalries: Belgium, France and British  British naval power in 1800’s  Eventually US gets involved.  Resources, markets and prestige  European Advantage  Better metals  Powerful/Accurate weapons  Machine Gun  Iron hulled steam ships III. Industrial Rivalries

  Native Disadvantage  Spears, arrows and leather shields  Still fought back  Zulus defeated British at Isandhlwana (1879  Still lost  Used guerrilla warfare  Spiritual warfare III. Industrial Rivalries

  Tropical Dependencies  Africa, Asia and South Pacific  Small number of Europeans ruled large population of indigenous  Ex Java & India IV. Patterns of Dominance

  Settlement Colonies  White Dominions  Most of population made up of Europeans  Large Territories  Ex Canada & Australia IV. Patterns of Dominance

  Settlement Colony Variations  Large mixed population  Social issues and land disputes  Ex. South Africa, Hawaii & New Zealand IV. Patterns of Dominance

  Social issues in colonies  Played ethnic groups against each other  Denied education to locals  Isolated from locals  Safer living conditions  Brought women over  Outlawed miscegenation  “Snobby” perception of colonist  High demands placed on indigenous people IV. Patterns of Dominance

  South Africa  Boers moved in to take over territory  Enslaved Khoikhoi  Colored people- African/European mixed  Ran into Zulus and Xhosa  British got involved  Boer Republic 1867  Diamonds and Gold discovered  British involved again  Boer War  Brutal war but British won IV. Patterns of Dominance

  Pacific Islands  Social and Health Issues  Isolated- susceptible to disease  Easily influenced  New Zealand  Maori killed by smallpox, Tuberculosis and common cold  Alcoholism  Prostitution  Fought back but overwhelmed by European weapons  Used European laws to win some rights IV. Patterns of Dominance

  Hawaii  Discovered by Captain James Cook (Spain)  Killed over ship’s nails  British influence 1843 and then US in 1898  Unified under Kamehameha  Backed by British  Women dominated culture  Missionary change  Ravaged by disease  Chinese laborers  Annexed by US  Racism not an issue IV. Patterns of Dominance

  Europeans controlled territory through means of force  Led to Nationalism  Rivalries influenced arms build up and complex alliances resulting in WWI WWI result of Space Marine Invasion V. Wrap Up