1. KC 5.2: Imperialism & Nation-State Formation
Period 5:

2. Industrializing powers expanded existing overseas colonies & established new types of colonies & transoceanic empires

3. States with existing colonies strengthened control over those colonies
British in India
Dutch in Indonesia

4. Spanish & Portuguese influence declined
European states, as well as the Americas & Japanese, established empires throughout Asia & the Pacific
British
Dutch
French
German
Russian
Spanish & Portuguese influence declined

8. Many European states used both warfare & diplomacy to establish empires in Africa
British in West Africa
Belgians in the Congo

9. In some parts of their empires, Europeans established SETTLER COLOINES
British in Southern Africa, Australia, & New Zealand
French in Algeria

10. In other parts of the world, industrialized states practiced ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM
British & French expanding their influence in China through the Opium War
British & U.S. investing heavily in Latin America

11. Imperialism influenced state formation & contraction around the world

12. The expansion of U.S. influence over Tokugawa Japan led to the emergence of MEIJI JAPAN

13. The U.S. & Russia emulated European transoceanic imperialism by expanding their land borders & conquering neighboring territories

14. Anti-imperial resistance led to the contraction of the Ottoman Empire
Establishment of Independent states in the Balkans
Semi-Independence in Egypt
French & Italian colonies in North Africa
Later British influence in Egypt

15. New states developed on the edges of existing empires
Cherokee nation
Siam
Hawaii
Zulu Kingdom

16. The development & spread of NATIONALISM as an ideology fostered new communal identifies
German
Filipino
Liberian

17. New racial ideologies, especially SOCIAL DARWINISM, facilitated & justified imperialism