1. Bell Ringer Analyze this map What do you see (list at least 3 things)
What do you think it means/represents

2. Age of Imperialism
Chapter 27

3. European ’s

4. Imperialism (window pane)
The takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation with the intent of dominating the political, economic and social life of the people of that nation.

5. Nations Compete for Overseas Empires
Several Factors led Europeans to claim control of almost all of the underdeveloped nations of the world.
Need for Raw Materials
Open up markets for manufactured goods
Nationalism fed drive for empire
“White Man’s Burden”- perceived duty to civilize the rest of world
Spread of Christianity - Missionary Work

6. Imperialism 1914

7. Motives for Imperialism
Need for Raw Materials
Coal - to run their factories.
Later oil would be used
Tungsten - to make steel products.
Traditional Goods
Desire for luxury goods – spices, tea, cotton, silks – by the growing middle class
*The need for raw material led Europeans to improve roads, build bridges, and put down railroad tracks in their colonies.
Producing large numbers of goods in big factories presented new problems for industrialized nations. These nations needed to find more and more raw materials for their factories. They needed coal, for example, to run their factories. In addition, they needed materials such as tungsten to make steel products. Unable to find these raw materials at home, industrialized nations went searching to other territories and countries. Not only did industrialized nations need to seek new territories for raw materials, they also needed to find new markets in which to sell their goods once they were manufactured. In order to fulfill their need for raw materials, industrial nations began the practice of imperialism: a policy of gaining control over under developed countries for the purpose of getting access to rich, raw materials and markets for manufactured goods.

8. Motives for Imperialism
Open up markets
Industrialized nations needed to find new markets in which to sell their goods once they were manufactured.
*The Industrial Revolution gave Europeans an advantage over the nations they conquered

9. Government Revenues: Early 20th Century:
The size of the flag indicates the relative size of the government's income

10. Window pane
*Nationalism, an intense loyalty to one’s country and its culture. (window pane)

11. Motives for Imperialism
*Nationalism, an intense loyalty to one’s country and its culture. (window pane)
Colonies and Spheres of influence added to the strength and power of their nation.
Race for Empire
Gaining colonies seen as a matter of honor.
Race led to both rivalries and alliances among nations.
Concept grew among European nations between 1870 and 1914.

12. Motives for Imperialism
“White Man’s Burden”
Western nations had a duty to bring the Western concepts to the rest of world.
People were considered inferior if culture was different from the West.
Each nation believed its civilization to be superior and needed to be spread in the world. (Racism)

13. Motives for Imperialism
Missionary Work
Europeans believed that they had the moral duty to bring a belief in Christianity to the natives of other lands.
Missionaries also educated natives in Western ways.
Such as medical, hygienic, and sanitary practices.

14. Forces Enabling Imperialism
Technology
Steam engines
Railroads
Communications
Advanced Sciences
Medicines
Inoculations
Medical treatments
Advanced Weapons
Carbine Rifles
Machine guns
Lack of Unity
Lots of Tribes
Petty quarrels

15. Forms of Imperialism Colony – governed by a foreign power
Protectorate – allowed its own government but was under the control of a foreign power
Sphere of influence – claimed as the exclusive investment or trading realm of a foreign power.
Economic Imperialism – controlled by private businesses rather than by a foreign government.

16. Management Methods Indirect Control Direct Control
Local Government officials were used
Limited self-rule
Goal: to develop future leaders
Government institutions are based on European styles but may have local rulers.
Examples:
British colonies such as Nigeria, India, Burma
US Colonies on Pacific Islands
Direct Control
Foreign officials brought in to rule - Paternalism
No self-rule
Goal: Assimilation – to absorb the superior culture as their own
Government institutions are based only on European styles
Examples:
French Colonies such as Somaliland, Vietnam
German colonies such an Tanganyika
Portuguese colonies such as Angolia
Judging from the chart, which of the following colonies would have the most successful experience after independence?
India
Vietnam
Somaliland
Angola

17. Impact of Colonial Rule
Positive
Reduced local warfare
Improved health standards
Medicines, Sanitation, and Hospitals
Developed Education systems
Economic Expansion
Desire for “ethnic goods”
Improved Infrastructure
Railroads, dams, communications networks
Negative
Lost control of their lands
Spread of New diseases
Smallpox
Rebel fighting against controlling government
Famine due to farming of “cash crops” instead of subsistence farming.
Loss of traditional culture and social identity
Arbitrary boundary lines which divided tribes and cultures.

18. Reasons for European & American Imperialism
Insisted on the growth & import of cash crops into their nation to grow their economy
Raw materials were stripped & imported into the imperialistic country as less cost
Increased colonial control leads to stronger nationalistic feelings.

19. Europe Takes Control of Africa

20. *African Lands Become European Colonies
Competition was so fierce for control in Africa that they feared war would break out
To prevent war, 14 European nations met at the Berlin Conference to lay down rules for the division of Africa.

21. *Berlin Conference
European country could claim land in Africa by notifying other nations of their claims
Show they could control the area
*Europeans divided Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders
Did not take into consideration how African ethnic or linguistic groups were distributed.

22. *Effects of Imperialism on Africa
Africans resisted colonial rule, despite lack of adequate organization and weapons
Colonialism has both positive and negative effects on African lands and people
*During the 19th century, African natural resources were exploited by European imperial power
Artificial boundaries plague Africa for years to come.

23. British Imperialism in India
“Jewel in the Crown”-Britain saw India as the most valuable of all of it’s British colonies
The British set up restrictions that prevented the Indian economy from operating on its own
Becomes valuable only after the British established a railroad network
Railroad transported raw products from the interior to the ports

24. Indians Rebel
Indians object to the racist attitudes of the British rulers
The Sepoy Mutiny turns into widespread rebellion.
The British government takes direct control of India

25. Indian Nationalist Movement Begins
Indians begin to demand a greater role in government
Nationalistic feelings start to surface in India
Indians resented a system that made them second class citizens in their own country
Indians with education faced discrimination
Barred from top post in Indian Civil service
*Racism and economic hardship created a desire for self rule. (contributed to unity and growth of India)
A public outcry forces Britain to divide the provinces in a different way