1. Warm Up # 34
Did the colonists behave properly during the American Revolution? Can you justify their actions?

2. News and Notes Globalization Unit Test Cold War Retake Deadline
Wednesday, June 13th (Last full day)
Cold War Retake Deadline
Friday, June 1st
Current Events Project Fixes
Friday, May 18th

3. Agree or Disagree Treat others the way they treat you.
Violence is okay if it is used to accomplish a moral goal.
You should follow the law.
Someone with more power is more likely to be right.

4. Unit 8 – How to rid yourself of a colonial power
Decolonization
Unit 8 – How to rid yourself of a colonial power

5. Essential Question
What events/conditions lead to the Decolonization Movement?

6. Nationalist Movement Comes from the same root as nationalism
Movement to free yourselves from foreign control
Methods Vary
Peaceful Protest
Violent Uprising
Help from other nations/revolutionaries
All out war
Movements to liberate entire regions
Through the United Nations

7. Context for Decolonization
Age of Imperialism = European nations dominate the globe
Late 1800’s – 1914 (start of WWI)
Fueled by Industrial Revolution
Various ways of ruling colonies, but all wanted to profit from indigenous peoples
Brought with them religion, laws, and customs

8. Triggers of Decolonization
World War I and World War II
Changed global policy
Wilson’s 14 Points at Versailles advocates for national self-determination: the rights of people in an area to determine their own form of government
“a free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that, in determining all such questions of sovereignty, the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined.”
Really only meant it for European Nations
Korean and Vietnamese leaders locked out of Versailles

9. Triggers of Decolonization
Weakened colonial powers
Between 1945 – 2000, over 50 nations gained independence
Too much energy needed to fight the war = can’t focus on colonies
Changed the Natives’ perception of Europeans
White Man’s Burden concept gone
Who is the savage now?
European powers are not undefeatable

10. Spread of Ideas
European missionaries teach natives to read and write as well as translate text
Read Marx who calls for global revolution and equality
Many native leaders sent to Europe to go to school
Set up schools
Teach Enlightenment principles and documents
Ex. Declaration of Independence

11. Justification of Imperialism
Directions
Vocab
1. Read Document # 1 “The Rise of Our East African Empire, 1893”
2. Answer the Questions that follow
Deficit
Spending more than the money that you make.
Subsidies
Money given by the government to help businesses survive.

12. Crash Course: Decolonization (if time)