Imperialism-Taking over another country to dominate them politically, economically, culturally or militarily

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Imperialism-Taking over another country to
dominate them politically, economically,
culturally or militarily
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Why did Imperialism occur?

• Raw materials
• Natural resources
• A cheap labor supply
• New marketplaces for manufactured goods

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Improved Weaponry

• The Maxim gun, similar to a machine gun, gave
  European countries an advantage over native
  tribes.
• WHY???????

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Dr. Livingstone

• First European explorer/missionary to crisscross
  Africa-The Dark Continent
• A desire to civilize non-Europeans also spurred
  the development of imperialism
• Social Darwinism

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The White Mans Burden By Rudyard Kipling

• Take up the White Mans burden
• Send forth the best ye breed
• Go, bind your sons to exile
• To serve your captives need
• To wait, in heavy harness,
• On fluttered folk and wild
• Your new-caught sullen peoples,
• Half-devil and half-child.

• Take up the White Man's burden
• In patience to abide,
• To veil the threat of terror
• And check the show of pride
• By open speech and simple,
• An hundred times made plain,
• To seek another's profit
• And work another's gain.

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Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
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South Africa

• The Dutch first arrived on the Cape of Good Hope
  in the late 17th century.
• Europeans soon began to settle on the Cape,
  taking land and forcing the natives out.

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The Great Trek, 18351843
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Diamonds and Gold

• In 1867, diamonds were discovered in South
  Africa in 1886, gold was discovered.

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The Boer War, 18991902

• Dutch and British troops fought for control of
  the Cape
• The British prevailed

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The Power of Opium

• By 1779, the British East India Company was
  importing opium into China
• Within a generation, opium addiction in China
  became widespread

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The Opium War 18391842
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The Treaty of Nanjing

• Britain gained
• Control of Hong Kong
• The right to trade in five major cities
• Extraterritoriality
• The legalization of opium in China
• OPEN DOOR POLICY

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The Boxer Rebellion, 1899
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The Monroe Doctrine

• Part of President Monroes 1823 Message to
  Congress
• Warned European powers not to interfere with
  Western Hemisphere affairs or overthrow
  independent republics there
• Promised the U.S. wouldnt interfere with
  European affairs or colonies

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Hawaii

• Independent kingdom in the Pacific Ocean
• Became a republic in 1894
• Annexed by the United States in 1898

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The Spanish-American War

• The United States gained control of Spanish
  colonies in the Pacific and the Caribbean, most
  notably Cuba and the Philippines.
• Panama Canal

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The Sepoy Rebellion

• Sepoys Indian soldiers who served under British
  commanders
• 1857 Sepoys refused to use ammunition greased
  with pork/beef fat
• Full-scale rebellion broke out
• After quashing the rebellion, the British took
  control of India

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The Jewel in the Crown

• In this 1897 map of the world, British
  possessions are outlined in red and shaded pink.
• India.Why????
• The sun never sits on the British Empire

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The Legacy of Imperialism

• World War I
• Economic Consequences
• Cash Crops depleted the soil
• Drained labor supply
• Third-World Nationalism
• Civil Wars in Third World Countries due to old
  tribal lines and who would assume power
• What obligation, if any, does the industrialized
  world owe to the nations which it dominated and
  exploited for so long?????