UNIT 5 LESSON 6

THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO…  Discuss basic elements of colonialism and imperialism.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HISTORY  AP Assumes that you’ve had World History and/or U.S. History  Colonialism and Imperialism are pivotal points of history  Colonialism and Imperialism are often used interchangeably, but they are different.  Both mean political & economic domination  Colonialism implies conquering and ruling, the key difference is setting up a government and importing its own people.  North America, India, & Australia are examples  SETTING UP GOVERNMENT & Periment settlements  important difference

IN CONTRAST, IMPERIALISM…  Imperialism is a broader term  Imperialism is an idea, whereas colonialism is a practice  Individual pursuits only  Imperialism derives from the Latin “to command”.  Focus is on exercising control over an area; especially economic.  Maybe done by a government, or a company, i.e.; East India Company. BOTH Colonialism & Imperialism are about economic gains

BETWEEN 1450’S TO 1750’S COLONIALISM  European countries; England, France, Portugal, Dutch, and Spain sought to expand their markets  Mercantilism: Economic theory that trade generates wealth  Europeans spread out to North & South America, India, Australia, and New Zealand.  Generated a significant amount of wealth through trading with their own colonies  Colonialism was often for, “gold, God, and glory.”  Not uncommon to set-up plantations

1750’S ONWARD…A BIT MORE IMPERIALISTIC.  Industrial revolution really drove need for raw materials  Wealth generated in earlier centuries helped to finance continued expansion of territories  Focused a bit more on resource acquisition  China region, Indochina (Present day Vietnam), and portions of Africa are engaged in imperialism  Not uncommon for a private company to spearhead resource acquisition  No regulations

THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA (NEO-IMPERIALISM)  Prior to 1880’s, Europeans were in Africa, but private traders focused on exploiting it  Slave trade  Post-1880’s sees a second push for Imperialism throughout the world, Japan, Belgium, and U.S. are included  1884 Berlin Conference  European powers of Belgian, British, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish divide up the area  Cared about raw materials, trade profits, and naval/military bases  Little or no capital investment in these regions

WE’RE GOING TO WATCH A VIDEO…  Video is going to take two days to watch, today and part of tomorrow.  This isn’t free time; you need to take notes because I will let you use those notes for Thursday’s clicker check grade.  I’ll also collect the notes; don’t focus on every detail, but pay attention to concepts that you’ve learned/heard about in any of your Units  The video isn’t specific to imperialism or colonialism, but looks at it holistically in Africa  Remember that colonialism underscores a lot of diffusion  Colonialism is important in all of our units, but it plays a role in explaining crops and what is grown where and how.