IMPACTS OF IMPERIALISM June 12 th 2017 EFFECTS

EFFECTS OF IMPERIALISM • Through its course of time, imperialism had a major impact

ECONOMICAL • Establishment of a global economy – developed a new sense of globalization

• Introduction of modern technologies – Transportation – Weapons – Infrastructure – Farming

CULTURAL IMPERIALISM • Ethnocentrism brought forward the assimilation of the Native Peoples. • Imposing

DISEASE • Introduction of new diseases – By the late 1800 s, millions of

EXPLOITATION • Indigenous peoples & Africans were exploited to work on plantations or farms

POLITICAL • Territories that resisted expansion were often killed causing war and genocide. •

• In what ways has imperialism still impacted our lives, society and the

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IMPACTS OF IMPERIALISM June 12 th, 2017

EFFECTS OF IMPERIALISM • Through its course of time, imperialism had a major impact on both Western European culture and the regions conquered. • Many of these impacts have had a lasting effect on our current day society.

POSITIVE OUTCOMES

ECONOMICAL • Establishment of a global economy – developed a new sense of globalization for the world. • Globalization: the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. • Example: Canadian fur trade • Cultivation of new crops & new resources

• Introduction of modern technologies – Transportation – Weapons – Infrastructure – Farming methods • Introduction of industrialization (in colonized regions) • Introduction of education and health care • Exchanging of cultural ideas & traditions (limited)

NEGATIVE OUTCOMES

CULTURAL IMPERIALISM • Ethnocentrism brought forward the assimilation of the Native Peoples. • Imposing and forcing European traditions & social structure on the Native Peoples. • “Cultural genocide” – Ethnic conflicts that developed in the 20 th Century (Rwanda & Nigeria) can be traced to imperial policies of ethnocentrism. – Residential Schools in Canada

DISEASE • Introduction of new diseases – By the late 1800 s, millions of First Nations Peoples in Canada & the U. S. died from disease. – In some cases, Indigenous groups were wiped out completely by disease.

EXPLOITATION • Indigenous peoples & Africans were exploited to work on plantations or farms as slaves or a form of cheap labour. • Natural resources were taken without payment to territory – all wealth was funneled back to Europe. • Imperialized regions (primarily Africa) were held back from developing industries – territories were only used for extraction of raw materials.

POLITICAL • Territories that resisted expansion were often killed causing war and genocide. • Wars between European Nations for land occurred. – Although the Berlin Conference looked at averting war (which it did momentarily), war was inevitable.

• In what ways has imperialism still impacted our lives, society and the world today?