Imperialism

Mr. Ornstein

Willow Canyon High School

What is Imperialism??

When one nation takes land and resources from a weaker nation.

Reasons For Imperialism

Gain Resources Markets for Goods Nationalism- Who can Get Biggest Empire Gain Ports for Navy Spread Christianity and European Culture “Civilize Native Population”

Technology and Imperialism

Because European Countries Industrialized they had better military technology.

Better technology allowed them to defeat and imperialize much bigger and more populous lands.

“Jewel in the Crown”

India/South Asia was the Most Valuable British Colony

British Took Many Resources and Destroyed Local Industries by selling Cheap Manufactured Goods

Helped India by developing infrastructure, improving health care and education.

Scramble for Africa

Imperialism lead to competition between European Countries for getting the most land in Africa

Europeans Race to get as much land in Africa as possible.

Answer

How were smaller European countries able to conquer larger countries in Africa and Asia?

Why was India the Jewel in the Crown?

What was the Scramble for Africa?

Tea, Opium, and Imperialism in China

English want to Trade for Chinese Tea

China Refuses to Trade with Great Britain, Claim they do not need anything from Britain

Opium and Chinese Imperialism

England Introduced Opium from India to China. Many Chinese get addicted and there is a drain on silver and gold.

Chinese government attempts to destroy British Opium.

Opium War and Unequal Treaties

British use destruction of Opium as excuse for war.

British with better technology easily beat China.

China is forced to sign unequal treaties with many European countries.

Opens China up for imperialism.

Spheres of Influence in China

A sphere of influence is an area or region over which a country exerts some kind of indirect cultural, economic, military or political domination.

Used in China

Japan and Imperialism

Seeing how easily China was defeated and imperialized, Japan quickly opened for trade and became to westernize and industrialize.

Japan needed raw materials to fuel its industrialization and quickly adopted its own imperialist policies.

Industrialization in Japan

The time of industrialization in westernization in Japan was called the Meiji Restoration.

Japanese Imperialism

Japan Imperialized Nations Throughout Asia and the Pacific.

China, Korea, ManchuriaJapanese Imperialism in Asia

helps start World War II.

Failed Attempts to Defeat Imperialism

Sepoy Rebellion in India Against British Imperialism

Boxer Rebellion in China Against Western and Japanese Imperialism

Nationalist Uprisings.

Nationalism and Imperialism

Nationalism is both a cause and a result of imperialism.

Imperialized nations often become nationalistic and want the imperialists out.

Ticket Out the Door

Define: ImperialismWhy did Japan industrialize?What was the Scramble for Africa?Why were European nations able to

imperialize much bigger countries.Give three reason for imperialism: