IMPERIALISM

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IMPERIALISM
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REASONS FOR IMPERIALISM

• THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION LED TO A SEARCH FOR NEW
  MARKETS AND RAW MATERIALS
• SENSE OF NATIONAL PRIDE
• RACISM IS THE BELIEF THAT ONE RACE IS SUPERIOR TO
  ANOTHER
• EACH COUNTRY WAS DETERMINED TO PLANT ITS FLAG ON
  AS MUCH OF THE WORLD AS POSSIBLE

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REASONS FOR IMPERIALISM

• SOCIAL DARWINISM
• IDEAS ABOUT SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST AND EVOLUTION
  WERE APPLIED TO SOCIAL CHANGE
• DESIRE TO END SLAVERY
• DESIRE TO SPREAD CHRISTIANITY

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CECIL RHODES

• I CONTEND THAT WE (BRITONS) ARE THE FINEST RACE
  IN THE WORLD, AND THE MORE OF THE WORLD WE
  INHABIT, THE BETTER IT IS FOR THE HUMAN
  RACE..
• 1877 CONFESSION OF FAITH

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FORCES ENABLING IMPERIALIM

• MAXIM GUN 1889
• STEAM ENGINE
• QUININE
• DISUNITY AMONGST AFRICANS
• VARIETY OF AFRICAN CULTURES AND LANGUAGES

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IMPERIALISTS DIVIDE AFRICA

• 1860
• CONGO SPARKS INTEREST
• DR. LIVINGSTONE FOUND BY MR STANLEY MADE
  HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD
• BERLIN CONFERENCE 1884 EUROPE DIVIDED UP AFRICA
  BETWEEN THEM 14 COUNTRIES

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SOUTH AFRICA

• CLASHES BETWEEN ZULUS, DUTCH, AND ENGLISH
• BOERS -ARRIVED IN 1652
• DUTCH -BOERS THOUGHT OF THEMSELVES AS A WHITE
  TRIBE
• BRITISH TOOK OVER CAPE COLONY 1800S
• 1830 BOER WENT ON GREAT TREK NORTH TO GET AWAY
  FROM BRITISH

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• DIAMONDS WERE FOUND AND ENGLISH SETTLERS FLOODED
  IN
• 1899 BOERS TOOK UP ARMS AGAINST BRITISH
• FIRST TOTAL WAR
• BRITISH WON
• 1902 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA CONTROLLED BY BRITISH