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Imperialism
Efforts of capitalist states in the West to seize markets, cheap raw materials, and lucrative avenues for investment in the countries beyond Western civilization
Possession of a global empire also increased national status, balance-of-power status, and, at times, national survival
Industrialization craved for raw materials like rubber and oil
Old Imperialism New Imperialism
Gold, Glory, and God
Killed by disease
Commerce, Christianity, Civilization
Both times the indigenous people suffered
Killed by the maxim gun“Social Darwinism” –
survival of the fittestThe 4th C is Conquest
Imperialism
White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling
Southeast Imperialism
British create colony of Singapore and established control over Burma
By 1900, French seize Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos and call it French Indochina
Thailand was allowed independence. Was a buffer between British and French possessions
After defeating Spanish in 1898, the Philippines became an American colony
Philippine guerillas under Emilio Aguinaldo fought the US until 1901
Filipino Guerilla fightersTroops killed
India under the British Raj
Early 1800s, the British began to impose their will upon the whole of the subcontinent
Brought peace and stability to IndiaLasting benefit was universal educationRailroads , the telegraph, and the postal
service were introducedHealth and sanitation were improved
Last British Ruler of India
Economic Conditions in India
Peasants were heavily taxedBritish textiles put local textile industry out
on the streetsBritish also disregarded local Indian culture
Sepoy Mutiny
Indians revolt because new rival had a cartridge made with animal fats
Indians did not like this along with resentment toward British, they mutinied
The British squashed the rebellionAs a result the British hired fewer Indian
troops, and also spread out ethnic Indian troops to different areas of India
Colonization
French tried to impose a centralized administration
Britain attempted to transform local aristocrats into the rulers
Subjugated Africans to Western rule
Colonial Regimes in SE Asia
Dutch use indirect rule in Dutch East IndiesBritish have direct rule in BurmaFrench have direct rule in Southern
Indochina and indirect rule in Northern Indochina
Colonial officials were slow to adopt schools and education reform
