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THE COLONIAL EMPIRES - Coggle Diagram
THE COLONIAL EMPIRES
European powers,
USA and Japan
Colonised Africa,
Asia and Oceania
Largest colonial empires: Great Britain and France
Other industrialised countries began
between 1870 and 1914
The colonial empires in 1914
British empire
Started before when they
gaigned strategical locations
Maritime hegemony allowed to extend its area of influence
India and Australia
1877 Queen Vitoria was crowned Empress of India
Colonial expansion was accelerated
French empire
Was not as extensive as Great Britain
North-west Africa, the island of Madagascar, parts of South-East Asia,French Guiana and some islands in the Caribbean
Other countries
Had colonies in Africa
Portugal
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Spain
USA
Influence in Latin America
Japan
Korea and Manchuria
Russia
The occupation and the administration of the colonies
Limited to an exchange of goods
with the indegineous population
Imperialism
Colonies powers wanted to complete
Political control
Economic control
Territorial control
The three stages
Occupation by conquest
Military advantage
Political and administrive control
Maintain order by controlling indeginous rebellions
Organisation of the colonial economy
Explotaition of the natural resources and the indeginous population
Value for the colonising country
Explotation colonies
Economic value
Settler colonies
Socio-economic value
Protectorated
Areas of strategic interest