Section 1:The Roots of Western Imperialism

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CHAPTER 17
The Age of Imperialism
Section 1 The Roots of Western
Imperialism Section 2 European Claims in
North Africa Section 3 European Claims in
Sub-Saharan Africa Section 4 Expansion in
Asia Section 5 Imperialism in Latin America
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SECTION 2
European Claims in North Africa
France . . . cannot be merely a free country . .
. she ought topropagate spread her influence
throughout the world andcarry everywhere that
she can her language, her customs,her flag, and
her genius.
Frances Minister of Foreign Affairs 1883
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SECTION 2
European Claims in North Africa
In 1830 France began to expand its Second Empire
looking towardNorth Africa -
Algiers a Muslim state of the Ottoman Empire
40 years of almostcontinuous rebellions
Many French andEuropeans would settle inAlgiers
and French officialstook over.
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SECTION 2
European Claims in North Africa
Tunisia
1881 unlike Algiers, Tunisia became a French
protectorate
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SECTION 2
European Claims in North Africa
Morocco
Very important because of the Straitof
Gibraltar Made a protectorate of France 1912
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SECTION 2
European Claims in North Africa
The British in North Africa
1854 French began SuezCanal
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Visual Source
European Claims in North Africa
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European Claims in North Africa
1882
REBELLION!
British navy attacks Alexandria troops are sent
to the Suez Canal.
British protectorate until 1922. GB will occupy
the Suez until 1954.
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Fashoda Crisis
SECTION 2
European Claims in North Africa
Between 1881and 1885, Muhammad Ahmed al-Mahdi led
a successful revolt against Egypt in the Sudan.
The British defeated the rebels in 1898 and set
up a protectorate over the Sudan.
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Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What evidence is there that an industrialized
country can control a country that is not
industrialized? 2. What evidence is there to show
that areas were colonized because they met the
transportation needs of other, more powerful
countries? 3. What evidence is there to show that
areas were colonized for natural resources?