Imperialism When A stronger country takes over a weaker one.

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ImperialismWhen A stronger country takes over a
weaker one.

• Global Regents Review
• Patten/Valdner

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Causes

• Economy -
• Need for Natural Resources
• Need for New Markets

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Causes

• Politics and Military
• Spirit of Nationalism
• Power and Security of Global Empire

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Causes

• Society
• Spread Christianity
• Spread Western Civilization
• Belief that Western Way is best (White Mans
  Burden)

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Causes

• Science and Invention
• New Weapons
• New Medicines
• Improved Ships

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India

• Was controlled by Great Britain
• Sepoy Mutiny
• Sepoys were required to follow rules that were
  against their religious beliefs
• Sepoys revolted
• Effects Government took direct command of India

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Africa

• Berlin Conference
• European powers divided Africa to establish their
  presence on the continent
• Boer War
• British decided to annex (incorporate) the Boer
  Republic
• Boer resisted
• Zulu Resistance
• Defeated by the British

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China

• Britain was selling Opium to China
• Treaty of Nanjing
• China had to pay war costs and open their ports
  to Britain
• Sphere of Influence
• An outside power has exclusive trading
  privileges
• Boxers lost because they lacked modern weapons
• Goals of Sun Yixian
• End Forign domination
• Form a representative government
• Create economic security for Chinese people

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Short Term Effects on the Colonies

• Local economies because dependent on
  industrialized powers
• Western culture spread to new regions
• Traditional political units were disrupted or
  destroyed

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Long Term Effects on the Colonies

• Transportation, education and medical care were
  improved
• Resistance to imperial rule evolved into
  nationalist movements
• Many economies became based on single cash crops
  grown for export

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Effects on the West

• Discovered new crops, foods and other products
• Cultural Diffusion
• Competition for empires increased conflicts
• Industrial nations controlled a new global economy

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How were the European nations able to dominate
non-European areas?

• These nations were industrialized