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1. Motives for Imperialism Presentations
2. Justifying Imperialism
Essential Question: What were the main motives
for Imperialism?
Our Question…
WHY did Western countries (Britain, U.S.,
France, Germany, etc.) decide to start taking
over the world’s other countries (China, Africa,
etc.)?
What were the motives for Imperialism?
Motive: Reason to start, ambitions or needs,
Motives for Imperialism Groups
• Exploratory
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• Ideological
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• Political
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• Religious
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• Military
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Economic Motives
• New Markets
– European countries now
produce more things
than they can buy
because of
industrialization
– Need to gain control of
new markets for their
goods, so they conquer
non-industrialized
nations!
Exploratory Motivations
• Exploring to control new
plants, animals, and peoples
– Explorers: a person that goes
some place no one has gone
– Medicinal: something that
helps cure disease
– Scientific: scientists using
data to figure out new things
• David Livingstone explored
new lands
– Use plants to find new
medicines for diseases
– Led to imperialism because
people wanted to find new
medicines that could help
Europe and also new
resources
Political Motives
• Political: what is happening
in a government or country
• Nationalism = be proud of
your country and things
that come from your
country
– Europe competing to be the
“best” country
– Conquer more lands to show
how good they are
– Both sides believe they are
the best, and they want to
prove it through competition
• Leads to Imperialism
because countries want to
become stronger and show
they are stronger
Military Motives
• Countries want new land to
protect their land
– Want new land to expand
their navies
– Want new land to maintain
their navies
• Strategic: something
needed to achieve a goal
• Army: fight on land
• Navy: fight on the water
• Leads to Imperialism
because countries are afraid
of being conquered by
other strong countries, so
want to improve their land
and navy to protect their
country
Religious Motives
• Missionaries: people go to africa
to teach natives and preach
Christianity
• Convert: change people from one
religion to a new religion
(Christianity)
– Change beliefs of native Africans
• Religion: belief in the power of
God
– Christians force Africans to become
their religion
– Sometimes they treat Africans well
– Europeans believed Christianity
was BETTER and would
heal/help/save the natives
• Leads to imperialism because
Europe wanted to share its
“better” religion with Africa
Ideological Motives
• Ideological: a set of beliefs that
influences what people think
– Europeans think they are better
than other people, they think they
are the best
– Social Darwinism: belief European
civilization has “evolved” to be
superior to all others!
• RACIST: treat other races unfairly
and sometimes violently
• Europe should bring their
civilization to all other places
because it is better
– Europe should HELP OTHERS
become LIKE THEM (Western
Civilization)
• Imperialism = Europe thinks they
are stronger and better so they
conquer others and think they
are helping! Natives don’t think
so, natives think they are doing
fine by themselves!
Motives Spectrum
• Which factors/motives were most justified?
Which were least justified?.
– Justified: something you can defend or explain as
right or fair
– Factors: Economic, Religious, Political, Exploratory,
Military, Ideological
Most Justified ________________________________________ Least Justified