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I M P E R I A L I S M

• By Brent Pillsbury
• Mission Viejo High School

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I M P E R I A L I S M

• One countries domination, of the political,
  economic, and social life of another country.

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NATIONS COMPETED FOR OVERSEAS EMPIRES

• BRITAIN LED THE CHALLENGE. THEY NEEDED MORE
  RESOURCES TO RUN THEIR FACTORIES

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IMPERIALISM FOSTERED RIVALRIES

• SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, GERMAY, GREAT
  BRITAIN

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EUROPE BELIEVED IN ITS SUPERIORITY

• THANKS TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THE
  EUROPEANS HAD WEAPONS, AND WAYS TO GET TO OTHER
  COUNTRIES

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CECIL RHODES SAID,

• I CONTEND THAT WE BRITONS ARE THE FIRST RACE IN
  THE WORLD, AND MORE OF THE WORLD WE INHABIT THE
  BETTER IT IS FORTHE HUMAN RACE

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IMPERIALISM HAD MASS APPEAL

• STORIES OF ADVENTURE IN FAR OFF LANDS GLORIFIED
  IMPERIALISM. NEWSPAPERS ALSO COMPETED FOR READERS
  SO NOT EVERYTHING WAS TRUE!

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IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA

• DAVID LIVINGSTON WAS THE MOST FAMOUS EXPLORER
  WHO PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THE NATIVES.

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IMPERIALISM IN INDIA

• THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION RELIED ON INDIA FOR ITS
  SUPPLIES, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA WERE ALSO EXPLOITED
  AS A WORK FORCE.

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IMPERIALISM IN CHINA

• THE CHINESE WERE SELF SUFFICIENT AND DID NOT NEED
  THE NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!!

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IMPERIALISM IN CHINA

• THE EUROPEANS DID NOT GIVE UP AND GOT THE
  CHINESE HOOKED ON OPIUM!! THEY THEN RELIED ON THE
  EUROPEANS FOR THEIR NEW HABIT.

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IMPERIALISM IN JAPAN

• THE JAPANESE UNLIKE THE CHINESE DID NOT FIGHT OFF
  IMPERIALISM AND LET THE THE EUROPEANS COME IN AND
  MAKE THEM BIGGER AND BETTER!!

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IMPERIALISM REACHED LATIN AMERICA

• CHILE, PANAMA, CUBA, HAITI, NICARAGUA, DOMINICAN
  REPUBLIC.

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IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD

• NO PART OF THE WORLD WAS TOO REMOTE FOR TRADE AND
  COLONIZATION.

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IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD

• THE INDUSTRIAL NATIONS WERE WILLING TO COMPETE
  EVEN FOR THE SMALLEST ISLAND.

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IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD

• BY THE EARLY 1900S, EXPLORERS FROM SEVERAL
  NATIONS WERE RACING TO CLAIM EVEN THE FROZEN
  WASTES OF ANTARCTICA.