CHAPTER 17 Section 1:The Roots of Western Imperialism Section 2:European Claims in North Africa Section 3:European Claims in Sub-Saharan Africa Section 4: Expansion in Asia Section 5: Imperialism in Latin America The Age of Imperialism

SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Algiers Tunis Morocco Bell Ringer 17.2: What are some characteristics of the regions taken over by France?

SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa “France... cannot be merely a free country... she ought to propagate [spread] [her] influence throughout the world and carry everywhere that she can her language, her customs, her flag, and her genius.” France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs 1883

SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa In 1830 France began to expand its Second Empire looking toward North Africa - Algiers – a Muslim state of the Ottoman Empire 40 years of almost continuous rebellions Many French and Europeans would settle in Algiers and French officials took over.

SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Tunisia 1881 ~ unlike Algiers, Tunisia became a French protectorate

SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Morocco Very important because of the Strait of Gibraltar Made a protectorate of France 1912

SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa The British in North Africa 1854 ~ French began Suez Canal 163

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SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa 1882REBELLION! British navy attacks Alexandria ~ troops are sent to the Suez Canal. British protectorate until GB will occupy the Suez until 1954.

SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Between 1881and 1885, Muhammad Ahmed al-Mahdi led a successful revolt against Egypt in the Sudan. The British defeated the rebels in 1898 and set up a protectorate over the Sudan. Fashoda Crisis

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SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Algiers Tunis Morocco French forces appropriated land fought against local rebellions inhabitants worked against French rule Barbary States gave French an excuse for intervention protectorate

Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 26 1.What evidence is there that an industrialized country can control a country that is not industrialized? 2.What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized because they met the transportation needs of other, more powerful countries? 3.What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized for natural resources? 1.What evidence is there that an industrialized country can control a country that is not industrialized? 2.What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized because they met the transportation needs of other, more powerful countries? 3.What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized for natural resources?