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Imperialism Wrap-Up South East Asia; Latin America; Legacies
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Homework Read Kaplan Pages 186-205 List the 5 most important things to remember about this unit (1750-1900) Bring Your List to class tomorrow
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Imperialism South East Asia Plantation Agriculture (sugar, coffee, cocoa, rubber, tropical fruits) Dutch East India Company – Control most of Indonesia island chain (Dutch East Indies) 1/5 land used to plant cash crops British – Singapore (busiest port); Malaysia; Burma French = Vietnam Siam (Thailand) only one not to fall to imperialism United States Philippine, Puerto Rico, Guam (Spanish – American War 1898) Hawaii -1790s = sugar plantations (75% Hawaii’s wealth) -Queen Liluokalani = tried to regain power from American planters -Annexation = 1898 Republic of Hawaii
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Imperialism Latin America Sugar, Cotton, Coco main products Monroe Doctrine 1820s -US monitor trade -“hands off” policy w/Europe British trade manufactured products for raw materials Very dependent on Foreign trade Wealthy landowners rise to power Needed manufactured goods Legacies of Imperialism Migration Movements -Europeans in search of cheap labor & better economic opportunities -Indentured servants = Asia/Africa – went to tropical lands planters still needed with decrease in slavery (spread culture and traditions) -Ethnic communities form = Chinatown
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