I M P E R I A L I S M

By Brent Pillsbury

Mission Viejo High School

I M P E R I A L I S M

One countries domination, of the political, economic, and social life of another country.

NATIONS COMPETED FOR OVERSEAS EMPIRES

BRITAIN LED THE CHALLENGE. THEY NEEDED MORE RESOURCES TO RUN THEIR FACTORIES

IMPERIALISM FOSTERED RIVALRIES

SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, GERMAY, GREAT BRITAIN

EUROPE BELIEVED IN ITS SUPERIORITY

THANKS TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THE EUROPEANS HAD WEAPONS, AND WAYS TO GET TO OTHER COUNTRIES

CECIL RHODES SAID,

“I CONTEND THAT WE BRITONS ARE THE FIRST RACE IN THE WORLD, AND MORE OF THE WORLD WE INHABIT THE BETTER IT IS FORTHE HUMAN RACE”

IMPERIALISM HAD MASS APPEAL

STORIES OF ADVENTURE IN FAR OFF LANDS GLORIFIED IMPERIALISM. NEWSPAPERS ALSO COMPETED FOR READERS SO NOT EVERYTHING WAS TRUE!

IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA

DAVID LIVINGSTON WAS THE MOST FAMOUS EXPLORER WHO PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THE NATIVES.

IMPERIALISM IN INDIA

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION RELIED ON INDIA FOR ITS SUPPLIES, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA WERE ALSO EXPLOITED AS A WORK FORCE.

IMPERIALISM IN CHINA

THE CHINESE WERE SELF SUFFICIENT AND DID NOT NEED THE NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!!

IMPERIALISM IN CHINA

THE EUROPEANS DID NOT GIVE UP AND GOT THE CHINESE HOOKED ON OPIUM!! THEY THEN RELIED ON THE EUROPEANS FOR THEIR NEW HABIT.

IMPERIALISM IN JAPAN

THE JAPANESE UNLIKE THE CHINESE DID NOT FIGHT OFF IMPERIALISM AND LET THE THE EUROPEANS COME IN AND MAKE THEM BIGGER AND BETTER!!

IMPERIALISM REACHED LATIN AMERICA

CHILE, PANAMA, CUBA, HAITI, NICARAGUA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD

NO PART OF THE WORLD WAS TOO REMOTE FOR TRADE AND COLONIZATION.

IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD

THE INDUSTRIAL NATIONS WERE WILLING TO COMPETE EVEN FOR THE SMALLEST ISLAND.

IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD

BY THE EARLY 1900’S, EXPLORERS FROM SEVERAL NATIONS WERE RACING TO CLAIM EVEN THE FROZEN WASTES OF ANTARCTICA.