NEW CARDS: IMPERIALISM

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NEW CARDS IMPERIALISM

1. IMPERIALISM
2. SEPOY MUTINY
3. BOER WAR
4. OPIUM WAR
5. TREATY OF NANJING

1. SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
2. TAIPING REBELLION
3. SUN YIXIAN

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AIM What is imperialism?

• Ms. McMillan
• Global III
• January 3, 2012

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SECTION OVERVIEW

• From the mid-1800s through the first decades of
  the 1900s, western nations pursued an aggressive
  policy of expansion. European powers were
  motivated by a sense of nationalism. During this
  time, Britain took control of India. In Africa,
  several European nations engaged in a scramble
  for colonies. Meanwhile, imperialistic nations
  forced unequal trade agreements on China.
  Imperialism had many immediate and long-term
  effects on the colonial nations and also had an
  impact on Europe and the rest of the world.
  Imperialism led to increased competition and
  conflict.

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The New Imperialism

• Imperialism is the domination by one country of
  the political, economic, or cultural life of
  another country.

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The Old Imperialism

1. Between about 1500 and 1800, European nations
   established colonies in the Americas, India, and
   Southeast Asia and gained territories on the
   coasts of Africa and China.
2. Still, European power in these regions of the
   world was limited.

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The New Imperialism

1. Between 1870 and 1914, nationalism had produced
   strong, central governed nation-states.
2. The Industrial Revolution had made economies
   stronger as well.
3. Japan, the USA, and the industrialized nations of
   Europe became more aggressive in expanding into
   other lands.
4. The new imperialism was focused mainly in Asia
   and Africa, where declining empires and local
   wars left many states vulnerable.
5. In Africa, many states had been weakened by the
   legacy of the slave trade.

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CAUSES OF THE NEW IMPERIALISM

1. ECONOMY
2. Need for natural resources
3. Need for new markets
4. Place for a growing population to settle
5. Place to invest profits

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CAUSES OF THE NEW IMPERIALISM

• POLITICS AND THE MILITARY
• Bases for trade and navy ships
• Power and security of global empire
• Spirit of nationalism

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CAUSES OF THE NEW IMPERIALISM

• SOCIETY
• Wish to spread Christianity
• Wish to share western civilization
• Belief that western ways are best

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CAUSES OF THE NEW IMPERIALISM

• SCIENCE AND INVENTION
• New weapons
• New medicines
• Improved ships

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IMPERIALISM STUDY CARD
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IMPERIALISM

• WHO EUROPEAN POWERS, JAPAN, USA
• WHEN 1870-1914
• WHERE AFRICA AND ASIA
• WHAT A STRONGER NATION CONTROLLING A WEAKER ONE
  ECONOMICALLY, POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY (FOR
  RESOURCES)
• WHY ECONOMIC REASONS (RESOURCES, MARKETS, LAND)
  POLTIICAL AND MILITARY REASONS SOCIAL REASONS
  (SPREADING RELIGION AND WESTERN WAYS) SCIENCE
  AND INVENTION (WEAPONS, SHIPS)