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IMPERIALISM AND COLONIAL EMPIRES, First Opium War (1839–1842), image,…
IMPERIALISM AND COLONIAL EMPIRES
TYPES OF COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS
Protectorates
used in Asia, British protectorate in India
mother country not intervene in matters of local politics, but all others
France and Spain in Morocco
Dominions
occupied by a new population with autonomy and institution
territories of the British Empire
Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Colonies
France applied in Indochina
weak local power, mother countries control all aspects of the country
parts of Africa, Congo, by the Belgians
IMPERIALISM
aim: subject other peoples to imperial states
most important European states expanded, colonising territories
Causes
Rivalry between industrialised countries
Intense population growth
Industrial development
Ideological and cultural factors
Colonial empires in 1914
British control a quarter of the world, 345 million inhabitants
British Empire: most extensive
COLONIAL TERRITORIES
Colonisation of Africa
France and Portugal want to establish corridors from the Atlantic coast of Africa to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa
1885: Germany organised the Berlin West Africa Conference (decide how Africa would be divided)
Colonisation of Asia
British smuggled drug
detriment of the population’s health
make large amounts of money
China: independent country felt pressure from Europe, US
cede control of mines, allow areas for foreign trade
open up ports in important coastal cities to international trade
Indian Peninsula colonised by the British
colonialism: system in which the mother country exploited the colonies according to its interests
The hegemony of the United States in America
left Cuba in 1902, reserve right to military intervention
some places were annexed
to defend its interests
CONSECUENCES OF IMPERIALISM
STRATEGIC CONTROL OVER CANALS
trade linked to usage by the investors, companies involved in its construction
political reasons, strategic control of large areas of the world
mostly British
shorten international shipping routes
consequences
violence against the people
inequalities in the global production of goods
advances in industrialised countries
law
medicine
artificial borders
First Opium War (1839–1842)
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