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Imperialism
Causes
Growth of the population in Europe
Governments encouraged emigration to avoid social conflicts
Scientific progress
Geographic expeditions to unknown areas
Symbol of international prestige
Control strategic locations to gain
Greater security
Greater mobility
Rise of financial capitalism
Supremacy of white people
Consequences
Demographic
Pressure of population growth in colonising countries
Population in the colonies increased
Social and cultural
Colonising countries imposed Western culture
Social and racial segregation developed
Economic
Indigenous artisan crafts disappeared
Infrastructure focused on importing and exporting products
Imposition of single crop and extraction economy
World economy was organised unequally
Causes
Exploitation of valuable resources
Organisation of trade were controlled by colonising countries
Colonial tensions and conflicts
International conflict
Berlin Conference
Fashoda Incident
Boer War
The boxer rebelion
Anti-colonial protests
Indigenous revolts in some colonies
Social parties protests
Political
Colonies became scene of political rivalry
Occupation and administration of colonies
Three stages
Political and administrative control
Executed by small group of Europeans
Governor and high-level civil servants
Organised the administration
Military commanders
Maintain order by controlling indigenous rebellions
Organisation of the colonial economy
Exploitation of the natural resources
Indigenous supply colonising power (raw materials and energy)
Occupation by conquest
Colonising powers used military advantage
Value for the colonising country
Settler colonies (socio-economic value)
Most of population were emigrants
Had a certain governmental autonomy
Were considered overseas provinces
Protectorates (areas of strategic interest)
Indigenous mantain its own government and administration
But under supervision of colonising power
Exploitation colonies (economic value)
Indigenous population governed by a white minority
Explorers of new territories
Famous explorers
Henry Morton Stanley
Karl Peters
Pierre de Brazza
Colonial empires
1914
United States
Extended its influence in Latin America
Annexed Hawaii and the Philippines
Japan
Attention on Korea and Manchuria
French Empire
Large areas
South-east Asia
In America
French New Guinea
Islands in the Caribbean
Africa and Madagascar
Russia
Defeated by Japanese
Abandoned Manchuria
Concentrated on Siberia and Central Asia
British Empire
Gained control of
Malta
Ceylon
Gibraltar
Maldives
Britain's maritime hegemony extend to
Africa
Oceania
Asia
Possesions in India and Australia
America
Queen Victoria of England was crowned Empress of India
Britain's colonial expansion accelerated
Other countries
Belgium colonised
The Congo
Germany colonised
Togo
Cameroon
South-West Africa (Namibia)
Tanzania
Portugal colonised
Mozambique
Angola
Spain colonised
Part of the Sahara (Rio de Oro)
Equatorial Guinea
North of Morocco
Largest colonial empires belonged to France and Great Britain
