THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

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What is New Imperialism? Imperialism: The political and economic control of one

country by another.

New Imperialism:

A type of foreign

policy practiced

by

European nations

and Japan

throughout the

1800s and early

1900s.

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POLITICAL CHANGE (1870-1914) Period of Europe’s hegemony, social

advances and development of

science and industry

Britain kept its position as

commercial and financial power

Germany challenged the British supremacy

France was also a leading counttry

Mediterranean countries (except Italy), and Balcanic ones did not progress at the

same pace

Two new industrial countries emerged outside Europe:

- USA, after the Civil War (1861-65)

- JAPAN , after the Meiji Restoration (1868)

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ECONOMY POLITICS &

MILITARY

SOCIETY SCIENCE &

INVENTION

• NEED FOR

NATURAL

RESOURCES

•NEED FOR

NEW

MARKETS

•PLACE FOR

GROWING

POPULATION

TO SETTLE

•PLACE TO

INVEST

PROFITS

•BASES FOR

TRADE &

NAVY SHIPS

•POWER &

SECURITY OF

GLOBAL

EMPIRE

•SPIRIT OF

NATIONALISM

•WISH TO

SPREAD

CHRISTIANITY

•WISH TO

SHARE

WESTERN

CIVILIZATION

•BELIEF THAT

WESTERN

WAYS ARE

BEST

•NEW

WEAPONS

•NEW

MEDICINES

•IMPROVED

SHIPS

&RAILROADS

•IMPROVED

RIFLES

CAUSES OF NEW IMPERIALISM

•SOCIAL

DARWINISM

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POPULATION AND MIGRATION Europe’s population grew from 300

to 440 million people

Europeans began to emigrate: Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia were the first to

emigrate.

DESTINATIONS: America, Australia and New Zealand

Overpopulation created unemployment and social unrest

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FORMS OF DOMINATION

CONCESSIONS

PROTECTORATE COLONIES

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MEIJI RESTORATION

SEPOY MUTINY

“JEWEL IN THE CROWN”

BERLIN CONFERENCE

BOER WAR OPIUM WAR

TAIPING REBELLION

BOXER REBELLION

AMRITSAR MASSACRE

SINO-JAPANESE WAR

BRITISH EAST INDIA CO.

WHITE MAN’S BURDEN

SUEZ CANAL

“OPEN DOOR POLICY”

•SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA

•NATIONALISM •INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

CECIL RHODES

TREATY OF NANJING

•DIVIDE AND CONQUER

•RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

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IMPERIALISM

AFRICA ASIA

EUROPE INDIA

JAPAN CHINA

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IMPERIALISM

INDIA

AFRICA ASIA

EUROPE

JAPAN CHINA

•BOER WAR

•MEIJI

RESTORATION •TAIPING

REBELLION •BOXER

REBELLION

•MATTHEW PERRY

•JEWEL IN THE CROWN

•SINO-JAPANESE WAR

•SEPOY MUTINY

•OPIUM WAR •TREATY OF

NANJING

•WHITE MAN’S BURDEN. •BRITISH EAST INDIA CO. •NATIONALISM

•BERLIN CONFERENCE

•OPEN DOOR POLICY

•SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA

•AMRITSAR MASSACRE

•INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION

•CECIL RHODES

•SUEZ CANAL

•DIVIDE AND CONQUER

•SPHERES OF

INFLUENCE

•EXTRATERRITORIALITY

•RUSSO-JAPANESE

WAR

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IMPERIALISM: THE DIVISION OF THE WORLD

THE EXPANSION IN AFRICA:

In 1870, Africa was an unknown continent for

Europeans, apart from a few trading

post along the coast.

Certain European countries decided to

explore the inland territories

The British wanted to occupy the

territory from North (Cairo) to

South (Cape Town)

The French expanded fron

West (Senegal) to East (Somalia)

FASHODA incident

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To avoid open conflict the colonizating

countries met at the BERLIN CONFERENCE (1885)

AGREEMENTS: • A principle of "effective occupation" was introduced to stop powers setting up colonies in name only race. • Free navigation in Congo and Niger rivers. •Free trade in the Congo Basin (South Central Africa) •Once a protectorate was formed, every other European nation must be alerted immediately

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Occupation in Asia was

based mainly in

CONCESSIONS, as there were

already organized

states

THE OCCUPATION OF ASIA

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COLONIES:

RUSSIA incorporated Siberia and expanded

towards China and India

Indonesia (NETH)

Indochina (FR)

India and Burma (UK)

JAPAN Tried to incorporate

Korea and Manchuria

CONFLICTS with Russia and China

USA forced Spain out of Philippines

However, some territories became colonies

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FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM

RUSSIA GERMANY

Millions inhabitants colony

Millions inhabutants metropoly

Territory (km2)

Examples

Main objectives

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THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPERIALISM

• Negative /positive

• Colony / Metropole

• (use your book)

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