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THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
Isabel Torralbo Talavera
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.
Isabel Torralbo Talavera
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
Produce a spider diagram with the help of the video and your book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvbkPiMHZYo Isabel Torralbo Talavera
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
Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Italy and Spain also had
colonial aspirations in Africa Isabel Torralbo Talavera
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
The occupation of Africa accelerated
significantly Isabel Torralbo Talavera
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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