1. Everybody’s doing it! Do you know why?

2. Imperialists Activity  Imperialism – extending a nation’s power over other lands  Economic Interests – New Markets & New Resources  Military Needs – Need military bases, protect shores and trade, strong navy

3. Ideology  Nationalism  Love of one’s country  White Power: Cultural Superiority  Social Darwinism  Christian Missionaries  Duty to convert others

4. Scramble for Territory  Late 1800s  European powers dominated Asia and Africa  Great Britain controlled one-fourth of world’s land and population  “The sun never sets on the British Empire”  United States  North America - Alaska  Pacific – Hawaii, Japan, China

5. Taking Control Of Hawaii  Early Contact  Captain Cook (1778)  King Kamehameha – united eight major Islands  Diseases  Population  1770s – 300,000  1893 – 40,000  Sugar  Money for Americans  1875 – Hawaiian sugar sold to USA tax free

6.  Plotting Against the King  Hawaiian League  Members – Americans  Purpose – Overthrow Monarchy  Bayonet Constitution  Restricted the king’s power  Most Hawaiians lost ability to vote  Pearl Harbor  Forced to give to USA  Port for the US Navy  Sugar in USA taxed again (1890)  Angered American Planters  Wanted to make HI a USA territory

7.  End of the Monarchy  Queen Liliokalani – 1891  Announced plan to restore monarchy  US businessman had Marines overthrow her  Sanford B. Dole  Appointed himself the President of Hawaii  Annexation (1898)  President McKinley approved Annexation

8. Influence in China  Spheres of Influence  Area where outside nation exerts control  Open Door Policy  Give all nations equal trading rights in China  Boxer Rebellion  Boxers – Chinese rebels that hated/attacked foreigners  Laid siege to Beijing  20,000 international troops crushed them

9. Influence in Japan  Japan = Isolated  US sailed fleet of modern battleships into Tokyo Bay in 1853  1854 agreed to open trade with US  Started rapid modernization  Russo Japanese War  Japan = Imperialists  Great White Fleet—U.S. flexes military muscles for the world to see!