Imperialism What Is Imperialism Definition A policy in
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Imperialism
What Is Imperialism? • Definition: • A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically or socially
Motives For Imperialism
Motives For Imperialism a) Loss of New World Empires: • France, Great Britain, Spain, & Portugal all lost colonies in the 18 th – 19 th centuries
Motives For Imperialism b) Economic: • The IR created a higher demand for new sources of raw materials & new markets for products
Motives For Imperialism c) Nationalism: • Prestige, strategic locations, greed, ethnocentrism
Motives For Imperialism d) “Civilizing” Missions: • The desire to spread Western culture • Spread the Christian message • Belief in European superiority • Social Darwinism
Factors Promoting Imperialism • Europeans had an overwhelming advantage- Technology! – Military: Maxim machine gun. – Transportation: RR + Steamships. – Communication: Telegraph (Telephone) • New protection against disease: Quinine • African Problems Existed – Lack of unity between tribes – Wars between ethnic groups. –
Justification? ? ? • “I contend that we [Britons] are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race…It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the most human, most honourable race the world possesses. ” • --Cecil Rhodes, 1877 (De Beers Consolidated Mines)
Forms of Imperialism • COLONY: COLONY • A foreign region that is under the direct control of a mother country • Governed by a foreign power.
Forms of Imperialism • PROTECTORATE: • A foreign region in which the mother country allows native rulers to maintain their position of power, but controls them
Forms of Imperialism • SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: • An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges
Forms of Imperialism • Economic Imperialism: • An independent but lessdeveloped country controlled by private business interests rather than other governments
Treatment of Native People
Treatment of Native People • Enslavement: • Forced labor • Segregation: • Separation of races
Treatment of Native People • Assimilation: • The forced adoption of a “mainstream” culture
Problems for Natives? ? • Loss of traditional culture • Loss of traditional leadership • Division of tribal groups • Population decline • Depletion of natural resources; loss of good farmland
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