Imperialism

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Imperialism

• Chapter 23, 24, 25

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Victorian Age

• She had the longest reign in British history
• Really had not political power
• Married a German Prince and had several children
• Set the stage for the Victorian Age
• Duty, thrift, honesty, hard work, and above all
  respectability

3
British Colonies

• Britain conquered Australia, parts of Africa and
  India
• A British Viceroy in India governed in the name
  of the queen. (representative ruling in another
  country)
• Set up penal colonies places where people
  convicted of crimes are sent
• Usually indigenous (original or native to a
  country or region) people who are conquered by
  another country

4
Famine in Ireland

• Irish Potato famine
• Not rotating their crop caused lack of production
• Mass migration to the U.S.
• Also, trying to fight off Britain and gain home
  rule local self government

5
France

• Massive Urban Renewal projects all over Paris
• Frances economy is finally revitalized after
  years of revolution
• Organized the building of the Suez Canal
  man-made waterway that connects the Mediterranean
  Sea to the Red Sea

6
United States

• Civil War is on the breech
• Segregation is prominent forced separation by
  race, sex, religion, or ethnicity
• Look at the map on pg 742

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Imperialism

• Taking complete control over another country
• Imperialism is prominent because Land Equals
  Power!
• Look at the map on pg 757

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Imperialism

• Scramble for Africa
• Many countries saw Africa as an easy target to
  gain territory
• Africa has many natural resources such as oil and
  diamonds
• Berlin Conference the scramble for Africa was
  getting out of hand, so European delegates met in
  Berlin, Germany to discuss some regulations. They
  decided that you can no longer take over another
  country unless you establish a government
  headquarters first

9
Imperialism

• Coalition temporary alliance of various
  political parties
• Protectorate a country with its won government
  but under the control of an outside power
• Isolationism isolating ones country from
  outside affairs, keeping to yourself
• Sphere of Influence area in which an outside
  power claims exclusive investment or trading
  privileges
• Extraterritoriality right of foreigners to be
  protected by the laws of their own nation

10
Ottoman Empire

• Many problems were arising within this Ancient
  Empire
• Countries were wanting autonomy
• Turks were wanting reform
• Armenian Genocide Turks killed this Christian
  group deliberate attempt to destroy a racial,
  political, or cultural group

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China

• Had a favorable balance of trade with other
  countries difference between how much a country
  imports and exports
• China had a trade surplus with most countries
  export more than you import
• However, several Western countries (including us)
  have a trade deficit with China import more than
  you export

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China v Britain

• China and Britain were fighting over land that
  Britain had gained control of.
• Read page 773-774 (Opium War)
• China defeated Britain but provided Britain with
  a large indemnity (or payment for losses)

13
Russo-Japanese War

• Russia challenge Japan in ruling Korea and
  Manchuria
• However, Russia still lacking in many areas
  (military being one), underestimated the Japanese
  and lost

14
Spanish-American War

• This war was over Cuba trying to win independence
  from Spain
• The American Navy defeated the Spanish and helped
  Cuba gain their independence
• Pg 793

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Wrap-Up

• All in all, the Imperial Age was a time when most
  developed countries were trying to increase their
  power by taking over other lands. Some were
  successful and some were brutally defeated.