THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM 18TH-20TH CENTURY

INTRODUCTION TO

WHAT IS IMPERIALISM?

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IMPERIALISM AND EMPIRES

▸ Imperialism

▸ Empire

A POLICY OF EXTENDING A COUNTRY'S POWER AND INFLUENCE THROUGH DIPLOMACY OR MILITARY FORCE.

A GROUP OF COUNTRIES UNDER A SINGLE SUPREME AUTHORITY.

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IN 1787, BRITAIN HAD 143 COTTON FACTORIES

IN 1885, BRITAIN HAD 221,169 COTTON FACTORIES

IN 1840, BRITAIN MADE $7.7 MILLION ON EXPORTS OUTSIDE EUROPE

IN 1890, PROFIT FROM EXPORTS GREW TO $38.4 MILLION

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WHY DID IMPERIALISM SPREAD IN 1800?

▸ Economic reasons

▸Nationalism

▸Humanitarian/religious reasons

▸ Social Darwinism

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ECONOMIC REASONS

▸ Imperialism spread because of markets and resources.

▸ As developed countries became more industrialized, they realized that their own natural resources were no longer enough.

▸ So they set out to the rest of the world to try to secure more natural resources for themselves.

RESOURCES MARKETS

A SUPPLY

OF MATERIALS

THAT CAN BE USED BY A COUNTRY IN ORDER

TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY.

THE STATE

OF TRADE

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OTTO VON BISMARCK SAID:

▸ The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

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NATIONALISM▸ Nationalism- an

extreme form of the feeling of superiority over other countries.

▸ An idea that ones own country is better than everyone else’s.

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HUMANITARIAN/SOCIAL DARWINISM▸ Social Darwinism-

The belief that one race or group of people are superior to another group.

▸ Europe saw unindustrialized places like Africa and Asia as a place to help.

IMPERIALISM

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WHICH COUNTRIES DOMINATE IN 1550?

WHAT HAPPENS IN 1914?

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THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA▸ In 1884 Europe controlled only 10%

of Africa.

▸ However, in November of 1884 a meeting was held in Germany to divide the rest of the African continent amongst the European powers. All major European leaders attended.

▸ By February 1885, when the meeting concluded, European powers owned all but 2 countries in Africa (Ethiopia and Liberia).

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THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA

▸ No African leadership was invited to the Berlin Conference.

▸ European imperialists held control of various African colonies until as lat as 1914.

▸ European imperialists exploited the African people and pillaged (stole) valuable resources from their African colonies. WHY DID EUROPEANS NEED

RESOURCES FROM THEIR AFRICAN COLONIES? WHAT MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENT WAS

HAPPENING IN EUROPE AT THAT TIME?

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CLASSWORK: MAP ACTIVITY- OPEN “IMPERIALISM MAP ACTIVITY”

▸ Using the list of countries, shade or color the maps to indicate which European nation controlled each African or Asian territory.

▸ For cities on the Asia map, color a larger circle around the dot.

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HOMEWORK

▸ Go to my website, mrmanankichian.com

▸ Download the file titled “Ethiopian Letter to the Berlin Conference” into notability. Read the document, answer the questions, and do SOAPS on the document.