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The colonial empires - Coggle Diagram
The colonial empires
In 1914
Other countries also had colonies in Africa
Belgium
Congo
Germany
Togo
Cameroon
Namibia
Tanzania
Italy
Libya
Eritrea
Part of Somalia
Spain
Part of Sahara
Equatorial Guinea
North of Morocco
Portugal
Angola
Mozambique
United States
Latin America
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Panama
Pacific
Hawaii
Philippines
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905
Russia
After the war against Japan
Siberia
Central Asia
Abandoned Manchuria
Largest ones
France
Great Britain
Occupation and administration of the colonies
Stages in the colonization of an area
Organisation of the colonial economy
Exploitation of the natural resources and of indigenous population
To supply the colonising power with raw materials and sources of energy
Colony bought the manufactured products in the colonising country
Political and administrative control
Executed by a small group of europeans
Governator and high-level servants
Administration
Military commanders
In charge of maintaining order by controlling indigenous rebellions
Occupation by conquest
Colonisingg power used its military advantage over the country it wanted to conquest
Specific value for colonising
Settler colonies
Had a socio-economic value
Majority were of the population were inmigrants
Colonies were considered overseas provinces
Colonies enjoyed a certain governmental autonomy
Example
Canada
Australia
New Zeland
Protectorates
Areas of strategic interest
Indigenous population maintained their own government and administration
But under supervision of the colonising power
Who controlled
Foreign policy
Defense of the area
Example
Morocco
Egypt
Exploitation colonies
Had economic value
Indigenous population were governed by a white minority
They exploited the area economically
Example
India
Other indutrialised countries
Began building their colonial empires between 1870 and 1914