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IMPERIALISM AND COLONIAL EMPIRES, b2f07859af4a16646bb66035f9257b32_u-4-p…
IMPERIALISM AND COLONIAL EMPIRES
IMPERIALISM
Causes
intense population growth
ideological, cultural factors
wanted to "civilise" them
rivalry between industrialised countries
industrial develpoment
required new raw materials
Colonial empires in 1914
most extensive British Empire
followed French Empire
imperialism
last third of 19th century
most important European states
expanded by colonising territories
main aid
subject other people to imperial states
mother country
imperial state on wich colony depended
COLONIAL TERRITORIES
Colonialism
mother country exploided colonies
America
almost all countries were independent
Colonialisation of Africa
1885
Berling West Africa Confecence
decide who was Africa going to be divided
Germany organised
Germany
feared miss its opportunity
British Empire
wanted Egypt to Cape Town
France
Sahara
Portugal
large inland areas
France and Portugal
wanted to establish corridors
Colonisation of Asia
Indian Peninsula
colonised by British
considered "the jewel in the Crown"
China
independent country
ruled by Emperor
felt effects imperialism presure
British took advantage initial tolerance opium
chinese rebelled aginst this
Frist Opium War
defeated by British
Treaty of Nanking
1842
port of Hong Kong British royal colony
Hegemony of the United States
annexed
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Pacific archipelagos
Panama Canal
Cuba
Cuba
United States left 1902
reserverd right military intervention
TYPES OF COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
Protectorates
colonising country
no intervenin
local politics
control
economic matters
foreing relations
aplied
Asia, Britany with India
Spain, France with Morocco
Dominions
territories of British Empire
occupied almost by new populatio
great autonomy
their own institutions
Canada, Australia, New Zeland
Colonies
colonising country
controlled all aspects of country
cultural
political
economic
aplied in many parts Africa
CONSEQUENCES OF IMPERIALISM
Artificial borders
dividing etnic groups
joining enemies
conflicts in the future
Inequalities
in global production of goods
colonies
produced cheap raw materials
colonising country
manufactured
sold industrial products expensive
Violence
genocide
altered social structure of indigenous population
advances in industrialised countries
medicine, law, administration
racial discrimination
not every one enjoyed these benefits
