INSTRUCTIONS

START PREP

27.2 IMPERIALISM CASE STUDY: NIGERIA

MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW

TERMS & NAMES

PAGE 779

THEN START READING SECTION

WORLD HISTORY IIMR. HOOD12 NOVEMBER 2013

27.2 IMPERIALISMCASE STUDY: NIGERIA

WORLD HISTORY IIMR. HOOD`S NOTES11 NOVEMBER 2013

MAIN IDEA

POWER AND AUTHORITY.

EUROPEANS EMBARKED ON A NEW PHASE OF EMPIRE BUILDING THAT AFFECTED BOTH AFRICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.

WHY IT MATTERS NOW

MANY FORMER COLONIES HAVE POLITICAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE THE RESULT OF COLONIAL RULE.

INTRODUCTION

BERLIN CONFERENCE WAS A EUROPEAN CONFERENCE

BOER WAR WAS A EUROPEAN

WAR

BOTH CONCERNED AFRICA

AND THE CARVING UP OF A CONTINENT

EUROPEANS DIDN`T CARE ABOUT THE AFRICAN

PEOPLE

EUROPEANS CARED ONLY ABOUT CONTROLLING

AFRICA

OBJECTIVE 1EXPLAIN THE

DIFFERENT FORMS OF COLONIAL

CONTROL.

IMPERIALISM FIRST OCCURED DURING 16TH +

17TH CENTURIES

18TH + 19TH CENTURY IMPERIALISM

WAS DIFFERENT

EUROPEANS NOW

DEMANDED MORE CONTROL

ECONOMICALLY, POLITICALLY

AND SOCIALLY

EACH EUROPEAN NATION HAD DIFFERENT POLICIES +

GOALS

(1) INDIRECT CONTROL:

FAVORED BY GREAT BRITAIN

BRITAIN RELIED ON EXISTING POLITICAL LEADERS +

TRAINED THEM

(2) DIRECT CONTROL:

FAVORED BY FRANCE

BECAUSE MANY THOUGHT AFRICANS UNABLE TO GOVERN

THEMSELVES

DEVELOPED A POLICY CALLED PATERNALISM

PATERNALISM: GOVERNED PEOPLE IN A

PARENTAL WAY

ALSO ADOPTED A POLICY CALLED

ASSIMILATION

ASSIMILATION: LOCAL

POPULATIONS ADOPT RULING CULTURE

OBJECTIVE 2TRACE BRITISH RULE

IN NIGERIA.

BERLIN CONFERENCE GAVE BRITAIN THE NIGER

RIVER

LATER, BRITAIN CLAIMED ENTIRE AREA OF NIGERIA AS A

COLONY

BRITAIN GAINED POWER THROUGH DIPLOMATIC +

MILITARY MEANS

SOME NIGERIANS ACCEPTED CONTROL

OTHERS REFUSED AND

REBELLED, DEFEATED BY BRITISH

BUT NIGERIA CULTURALLY DIVERSE

+ DIFFICULT TO CONTROL

SO BRITAIN USED INDIRECT

CONTROL

THIS METHOD WORKED WELL

WITH SOME

OTHERS RESENTED HAVING POWER LIMITED

BY BRITISH

OBJECTIVE 3SUMMARIZE AFRICAN

RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS.

LIKE NIGERIA, MANY

OTHER AFRICANS RESISTED

BUT EUROPEANS ALWAYS HAD SUPERIOR

WEAPONS

ALL BUT 1 RESISTANCE EFFORT

FAILED

ALGERIA: RESISTED FOR 50 YEARS

WEST AFRICA: RESISTED FOR 15 YEARS

EAST AFRICA TRIED TO RESIST

ETHIOPIA DID RESIST

ETHIOPIAN LEADER PLAYED EUROPEANS AGAINST

ONE ANOTHER

MENELIK II OUTSMARTED THE

EUROPEANS

ETHIOPIA REMAINED I N D E

P E N D E N T

OBJECTIVE 4ANALYZE THE IMPACT

OF COLONIA RULEIN AFRICA.

EUROPEANS CHANGEDAFRICAN

LIVES

THESE CHANGES BROUGHT SOME

BENEFITS

BUT CHANGES MOSTLY NEGATIVE FOR

AFRICANS

THE NEGATIVE

AFRICANS LOST CONTROL OF THEIR LANDS, INDEPENDENCE

AFRICANS DIED OF EUROPEAN

DISEASES

AFRICANS DIED FIGHTING

EUROPEANS

AFRICANS DIED

OF FAMINE

AFRICANS SUFFERED BREAKDOWN

OF THEIR CULTURE

THE POSITIVE:

REDUCED LOCAL WARFARE

IMPROVED SANITATION

PROVIDED HOSPITALS + SCHOOLS

LIFESPAN + LITERACY INCREASED

ECONOMIC GROWTH

RAILROADS, DAMS, AND TELEPHONES

POSITIVES DIDN´T

HELP AFRICANS

ONLY SERVED

EUROPEAN BUSINESS

CONCLUSION

PATTERNS OF IMPERIALISM

SIMILAR

EUROPEANS HAD TROUBLES DEALING WITH LOCAL

TRADITIONS

AFRICAN RESISTANCE CONTINUED…