Download Unit 8-3 Notes

Unit 8-3 Notes
The Age of
Imperialism
IMPERIALISM
• European countries establish colonies
around the world to provide raw materials
for their industries
1. Which nations are
industrialized?
2. What nation is being
imperialized?
3. How is the nation
that is being
imperialized
reacting?
4. Are the industrial
nations cooperating
or competing?
China
R
u
s
s
i
a
France
Japan
Great Britain
China
European
Colonies in
Africa during
the 1860s
European
colonies in
Africa in 1914
(World War I
began in 1914.)
I. Great Britain in the
Age of Imperialism
A. 1st Industrial Power
becomes the 1st
Imperial power
B. Established
colonies to provide
raw materials for
their industries
II. The Scramble for Africa
A. Interior of Africa was rich in Copper, Gold, and
Diamonds
B. 1884 Berlin Conference is held to decide how
Europe would divide up Africa
C. African leaders were not allowed to attend
1. Prior to the Berlin
Conference, 1884
there were very few
colonies in Africa
2. By 1914 there are
only two
independent
countries in Africa:
Liberia and Ethiopia
3. Europeans divided
Africa with no
consideration of
ethnic divisions
a. Leads to many
conflicts between
ethnic groups
D. Egypt
1. The British valued Egypt for its strategic
location
2. They built the Suez Canal in order to speed
up trade with their most valuable colony,
India
III. Imperialism in Asia
A. British India – The Raj
1. Britain gained India after the Seven Years War
2. Britain recruited Indians into their army – Sepoys
a. In 1857 the Sepoys rebelled over a violation of
religious customs
b. Britain used this as an excuse to seize total
control of India
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYeFcSq7Mx
g&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&
safe=active
B. China
1. The Qing Dynasty
resisted European
Imperialism
2. Britain began to smuggle
Opium into China in an
attempt to weaken China
a. 1839 Britain and
China fight the Opium
War
b. China lost and the
country was divided
into zones controlled
by western
imperialists
3. Europeans gave themselves extraterritorial
rights in China – Open Door Policy
a. The Boxer Rebellion in 1908 was China’s last
attempt to kick out the Europeans
b. It failed and the Boxers were beheaded by the
Europeans
C. Japan
1. Resisted European Imperialism by westernizing,
industrializing, and building a large military
2. Japan established an imperialistic zone in China
3. Defeated Russia in the Russo Japanese War
a. Gained control of Korea and Manchuria
IV. The United States
A. The United States
Imperialized the
Western Hemisphere
B. They gained many
territories in the
Caribbean and the
Pacific
C. The most important
was Panama
1. This allowed the
U.S. to build the
Panama canal
V. Social Darwinism
A. Scientific racism based
on Darwin’s theory of
evolution
B. Europeans believed they
were more evolved than
people with dark skin
C. Used this FALSE belief
to justify imperialism
1. Believed they could
civilize “uncivilized”
people
2. The White Man’s
Burden
VI. The Age of
Imperialism will
lead directly to
the start of WWI
Motives for Imperialism
• Economic
• Exploratory
• Political and
Military
• Social Darwinism
• Religious