1. ALL MINE! Imperialism

2. I Want, I Want!

3. Imperialism Extension of a nation’s power of other lands. Considered new as direct control was wanted. Used to be happy with a trading post

4. The Little Man

5. Why? Economic motives Rivalries Social Darwinism Racism “Survival of the Fittest”

6. Not His Idea

7. Great Britain Found Singapore in 1819 Major stop on route to China British further went into Asia and took Burma Took to control possessions in India

8. British in India

9. France Had missionaries in Vietnam 1857: forced Vietnamese to accept French protection. Protectorate Occupied Saigon 1884: Hanoi

10. Parlez-vous Francais?

11. Thailand Was called Siam France and England went against one another King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn prevented occupation

12. Mongkut, Really!

13. United States 1898: U.S. Navy defeats Spanish at Manila Bay George Dewey was commander William McKinley turns Philippines to American colony

14. The President

15. Colonial Regimes Goal to exploit natural resources Indirect Rule: local rulers allowed to keep authority and status Sometimes not possible

16. How Powerful A Ruler!

17. Regimes 2 Direct rule: The motherland directed the colony directly via colonial government Many western countries wanted to bring representative governments forward

18. Representative? Fun!

19. Colonial Economies Colonial policy stressed export Plantation agriculture Wage laborers on foreign owned plantations Wages at poverty level

20. Not Quite

21. Economies 2 Modern economic system began Railroads and highways were built Entrepreneurial class in rural areas

22. I’m The Only One

23. Colonial Resistance Ruling class resisted first Burma: king fought occupation himself Vietnam: Can Vuong (Save the King) fought against French for the king

24. RE- VOLT

25. Resistance 2 Peasant revolts took place later Often driven off land Saya San led revolt against regime after takeover was completed

26. Don’t Mess

27. Resistance 3 Early resistance failed Then used western educated people Tried to defend economic ideas first. Then nationalism

28. African Empires Prior to 1880, Europe let Africa alone 1880-1900: Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Portugal then wanted colonies

29. Refined

30. West Africa Raw materials were important Timber, peanuts, hides, and palm oil. Europeans had profited from slave trade in the early 1800s

31. Not that Peanuts

32. West Africa 2 Decline in slave trade led to decline in interest 1874: Great Britain annexed coastal areas into a British colony on the Gold Coast

33. Silver and Gold

34. North Africa Egyptians sought independence with the decline of the Ottoman Empire 1805: Muhammad Ali seized power to establish Egypt as independent

35. Not that One

36. North Africa 2 Ali modernized the army, set up a public school system, and helped create industry. Industry included sugar, textiles, munitions and ship building

37. Straight from the Factory

38. Nile River Economic importance grows Steamship development Decided to build a canal 1854: Ferdinand de Lesseps to build Suez Canal

39. Trouble in the Suez

40. Suez Issues Called “lifeline to India” 1875: Britain bought Egypt’s share Egyptian revolt 1881 Became British protectorate 1914

41. The Canal

42. Central Africa David Livingstone went to Africa in 1841 27 year old medical missionary Spent 30 years in Central Africa Was in uncharted regions

43. The Doc

44. Central 2 Map of Africa were re-drawn with Livingstone’s notes He disappeared for a time Henry Stanley, New York Herald, went to look for him.

45. The Finder

46. Central 3 Found Livingstone on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika “Dr. Livingstone, I presume” Stanley stayed to continued Livingstone’s work

47. The Lake

48. Central 4 Stanley disliked Africa Explored the Congo River in the 1870s Encouraged British to send settlers to the area

49. Congo River

50. Central 5 Britain refused Gave to King Leopold II of Belgium 1876: Hired Stanley to set up Belgian colonies in Congo

51. A Gift

52. East Africa Britain and Germany became rivals Otto von Bismarck resisted colonization but relented after listening to the people

53. Otto

54. East 2 If the British got East Africa, England would own mostly all the Eastern part of Africa Berlin Conference 1884 and 1885 No Africans present

55. Berlin

56. South Africa 1865: Total white population was 200,000 Boers or Afrikaners: descendants of original Dutch settlers They held Cape Town once

57. Boers

58. South 2 During the Napoleonic Wars, the British seized the land from the Dutch British began to encourage colonization

59. Gosh!

60. Boer Republics Boers left after they were disgusted with British rule “Great Trek” One of every five Boers joined the trek Orange and Vaal River settled

61. I’ll Walk

62. Boer 2 They made two republics Orange Free State Transvaal State (South Africa Republic) Believe white superiority ordained by God

63. New

64. Boer 3 Non-europeans had no place in society Indigenous people were placed on reservations Frequently battled the Zulu Shaka carved out Zulu empire

65. Attack!

66. Bring Notebook Tomorrow

67. No School Monday

68. Review Tuesday

69. LMC Weds and Thurs

70. Exam Friday!

71. Have A Nice Day!