Imperialism, II: India and AfricaImperialism, II: India and Africa IndiaIndia

East India CompanyEast India Company Sepoy Revolt (1857)Sepoy Revolt (1857)

causescauses effectseffects

British reforms & the British reforms & the RajRaj

MughalsMughals VictoriaVictoria SatiSati

Sepoy Mutiny (1857)Sepoy Mutiny (1857)

Victoria, declared Empress in 1877

Opium Imports into ChinaOpium Imports into China

1729: 200 chests1729: 200 chests 1767: 1,000 chests1767: 1,000 chests 1800: 4,500 chests1800: 4,500 chests 1825: 10,000 chests1825: 10,000 chests 1838: 40,000 chests1838: 40,000 chests

Young English superintendent inspecting with local India officials

A young maharajah and his British guardians

Tea plantation bungalow (1930s)

English child an servant

One of a series of postcards depicting household servants

Comic postcard depicting the perceived foibles of Indian servants

English woman being carried on sedan chair into the hills

Impact of British ruleImpact of British rule Political unityPolitical unity Western educationWestern education RailroadsRailroads Banking & miningBanking & mining Textile industriesTextile industries Caste systemCaste system PovertyPoverty

AfricaAfrica The scrambleThe scramble TreatiesTreaties Military advantagesMilitary advantages Conflict among the Conflict among the

colonizers: Boer Warcolonizers: Boer War

Berlin ConferenceBerlin Conference KhoikhoiKhoikhoi AfrikanerAfrikaner AfrikaansAfrikaans Great TrekGreat Trek ZulusZulus Orange Free StateOrange Free State TransvaalTransvaal Cecil RhodesCecil Rhodes

Union of South AfricaUnion of South Africa

Africa under Africa under European ruleEuropean rule Britsh expansionBritsh expansion Belgian CongoBelgian Congo

AcquisitionAcquisition Regime of terrorRegime of terror Forced laborForced labor Opposition in Opposition in

EuropeEurope

Leopold IILeopold II StanleyStanley Force Publique (FP)Force Publique (FP) Edmund MoreEdmund More Roger CasementRoger Casement Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad

Impact on AfricaImpact on Africa State formation, ethnic State formation, ethnic

boundaries & boundaries & resourcesresources

Civil service & justiceCivil service & justice Pan-AfricanismPan-Africanism Integration in global Integration in global

economyeconomy Delay of industrial and Delay of industrial and

technological technological developmentdevelopment

Western educationWestern education Psychological outlookPsychological outlook

Achebe’s Achebe’s Things Fall Things Fall ApartApart