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Imperialism

Imperialism. Motives for Imperialism. Motives for Imperialism. Economic- need for new markets and raw materials Political – boost national pride, expand territory, exercise military force Social- racism, Social Darwinism, spread Christianity, white man’s burden. Forms of Colonial Control.

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Imperialism

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  1. Imperialism

  2. Motives for Imperialism

  3. Motives for Imperialism • Economic- need for new markets and raw materials • Political– boost national pride, expand territory, exercise military force • Social- racism, Social Darwinism, spread Christianity, white man’s burden

  4. Forms of Colonial Control

  5. Management Methods

  6. Scramble for Africa • 1882- King Leopold II of Belgium claims the Congo • Claims to end slavery • 1880- Scramble for Africa begins • Berlin Conference in 1884-85 • Africa divided with little thought to how African ethnic or linguistic groups were distributed • By 1914 only Liberia and Ethiopia remained free from European control

  7. King Leopold

  8. Scramble for Africa

  9. Berlin Conference

  10. Africa 1914

  11. African Conflicts • South Africa • 1816- Shaka Zulu • Boers and the Great Trek • Boer War 1899-1902 • Ethiopia • Menelik II • Battle of Adowa- Ethiopians defeat Italians

  12. Shaka Zulu

  13. Menelik II

  14. “Heart of Darkness”

  15. Impacts on Africa • Positive • Reduced Local Warfare • Improved Sanitation • Life Span and Literacy Rates Increased • Negative • Loss of land and independence • Breakdown of traditional culture • Division of Continent

  16. Imperialism in India • Fall of Mughal Empire- Controlled by British East India Company (“Jewel in the Crown”) • Negative Impacts • Loss of self-sufficiency • Cash crops leads to famine • Indian companies go out of business • Loss of traditional culture • Positive Impacts • Industrialization • Education • Sanitation

  17. Sepoy Rebellion • Sepoys- Indian soldiers in British Army (mainly Muslim and Hindu) • Rifle Cartridges greased with beef and pork fat • Leads to Sepoy Rebellion • Failed Rebellion leads to Direct Rule (Raj) • New Direct Rule (Raj) paid by Salt Tax • Growing Indian Nationalism / Modernization • Ram Mohun Roy • Indian National Congress • Muslim League

  18. Southeast Asia

  19. China Rejects Trade with the West

  20. Opium War

  21. Opium War effects • Treaty of Nanjing • Britain given Hong Kong • Extraterritorial Rights • Taiping Rebellion • Empress Cixi self-strengthening movement • China Carved into Spheres of Influence • Open Door Policy • Boxer Rebellion

  22. Boxer Rebellion

  23. Japan • Matthew Perry and the Treaty of Kanagawa • Meiji Era • Modernized gov’t • Modernized army • Modernized education • Modernized economy / Industrialization

  24. Imperial Japan • Sino-Japanese War • Gained Taiwan and Pescadores Islands • Russo-Japanese War • Disputed land of Manchuria and Korea • Defeated Russians (great humiliation) • Japan annexes Korea in 1910

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