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SPEEDS UP\nAge of Exploration\n↓\nEuropeans raced for overseas colonies\n↓\nGrowth of European commerce and trade worldwide\n↓\nCommercial Revolution\n“OLD” IMPERIALISM\n1500s-1700s\nEngland, France, Holland, Portugal, and    Spain\nWars over colonies\nINTERLUDE – LATE 1700s-LATE 1800s\nEuropeans were preoccupied with happenings on the European continent and in the existing European colonies.\nAmerican Revolution\nFrench Revolution\nNapoleonic Wars\nLatin American Wars for Independence\nGrowth of Nationalism\nIndustrial Revolution\n“NEW” IMPERIALISM\nBeginning circa 1875\nRenewed race for colonies\nSpurred by needs created by the Industrial Revolution\nNew markets for finished goods\nNew sources of raw materials\nNationalism\nColonies = economic and political power\nSocial Darwinism = racist justification\nWHAT IS “NEW” IMPERIALISM?\nNo longer about setting up colonies or exercising direct control over areas\nBecame largely economic\nPossession or control of an area for economic gain\nSpheres of influence and extraterritoriality rather than colonial settlement\nECONOMIC MOTIVES\nMarkets for finished goods\nProducts of British Industrial Revolution sold in China and India\nSources of raw materials\nEgypt – cotton\nMalaya – rubber and tin\nMiddle East – oil\nCapital investments\nProfits from Industrial Revolution invested in mines, railroads, etc., in unindustrialized areas\nPOLITICAL MOTIVES\nNationalism – national pride\n“The sun never sets on the British empire.”\nLarge empires increased national pride\nFrench acquisitions in Africa and Asia followed France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War\nMILITARY MOTIVES\nBases\nBritish naval bases\nAden, Alexandria, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Singapore\nManpower\nBritish – Indian sepoys\nFrench – north African troops\nSOCIAL MOTIVES\nSurplus population\nJapanese in Korea\nItalians in Africa\n“White Man’s Burden”\nRudyard Kipling’s poetry and prose\nWhites morally obligated to bring the “blessings of civilization” to “backward” peoples\nCecil Rhodes – imperialism is “philanthropy—plus five percent”\nRELIGIOUS MOTIVES\nConversion to Christianity\nEnd-of-the-century crusading spirit\nMissionaries in Africa, Asia, Hawaii, etc.\n†\nJUSTIFICATIONS\nSocial Darwinism\nInterpreted Darwin’s evolutionary theory in terms of powerful nations\n“Only the strong survive”\nPowerful nations able to develop areas and resources being “wasted” by native peoples\nRacism\nIncreased feelings of white superiority\nIncreased feelings of Japanese superiority\nEugenics developed as a branch of science\nCONCEPT OF “RACES” CIRCA 1900\nClick to edit Master subtitle style\nEconomic privileges and rights given for a specific purpose\nU.S. and British oil concessions throughout the Middle East\nOttoman Turks granted Germany permission to build Berlin-to-Baghdad Railroad\nCONCESSION IMPERIALISM\nSPHERE OF INFLUENCE IMPERIALISM\nExclusive or special control over an area\nExamples\nBritish trading rights in China’s Yangtze valley\nFrench trading rights in southeastern China\nJapanese trading rights in Korea\nLEASEHOLD IMPERIALISM\nLease over an area\nSuez Canal Corporation\nSuez Canal built by French in 1860s\nControlled by British shortly thereafter until 1968\nPanama Canal\nUnited States\nGermans in Kiachow\nFrench in Kwangchow\nBritish in Weihaiwei\nPlan of Suez Canal as envisioned in 1881.\nPROTECTORATE IMPERIALISM\nForeign control exercised through native “puppet” rulers\nFrench – Morocco (1906-1956)\nBritish – Egypt (1914-1968)\nBritain held a sphere of influence in Egypt from 1882-1914\nBritain gained control of Egypt as Egypt’s protectorate when the Ottoman empire fell apart during World War I\nANNEXATION IMPERIALISM\nTerritory annexed and turned into a colony under the complete control of a foreign power\nGerman colonies in east and southwest Africa – until 1918 and the end of World War I\nFrench Indochine (Vietnam) – until 1955\nBritish Burma – until 1948\nMANDATE IMPERIALISM\nVictors of World War I gained control ","cbCaiu4CF2Px1M1V","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiu4CF2Px1M1V","pptx",1172327,21,"English","# Colonialism speeds up\n## Age of Exploration\n## Commercial Revolution\n# “Old” Imperialism\n# Interlude – Late 1700s to Late 1800s\n# “New” Imperialism\n## Economic motives\n## Political motives\n## Military motives\n## Social motives\n## Religious motives\n# What is “New” Imperialism?\n# Justifications\n## Social Darwinism\n## Racism and eugenics\n# Concept of “races” circa 1900\n# Types of imperialism\n## Concession imperialism\n## Sphere of influence imperialism\n## Leasehold imperialism\n## Protectorate imperialism\n## Annexation imperialism\n## Mandate imperialism\n## Trusteeship imperialism\n# Review Questions","[{\"question\":\"How does “new” imperialism differ from “old” imperialism?\",\"answer\":\"“New” imperialism began around 1875 and became largely economic rather than focused on direct colonial control or settlement. 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