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IMPERALISM
explorers of new territories
sent by their governments
most famous explorers
Henry Morton Stanley
Karl Peters
Pierre de Brazza
the first entering
Explorers
missionaries
methods
sometimes domination
indigenous population felt threatened
consequences
Economic
acquired rights to extract mineral resources
led to a single crop and extraction
manufactured products disappeared
colonists displaced the indigenous tribes from their land
establish crop plantations
coffee
cocoa
tea
Infrastructure
world economy was organised unequally
Demographic
The pressure of population growth
was lessened by the emigration of inhabitants
population in the colonies increased
Political
causes of the First World War
tension
competition
The colonies
because of their strategic and economic value
Social and cultural
Western culture
Social and racial segregation
the causes
increase in production forced
Germany
Great Britain
mainly a result of
rise of finance capitalism
other reasons
growth of the population in Europe
Scientific progress
international prestige
supremacy of white people
the colonial empires
colonised most of Africa, Asia and Oceania
United States
Japan
European powers
largest colonial empires belonged to
France
Great Britain
1914
French Empire
not as extensive as the British Empire
countries that had colonies in Africa
Portugal
Belgium
France
Germany
Great Britain
Spain
Britain gained control of strategic locations
Malta
Ceylon
Gibraltar
Maldives
Britain's maritime hegemony
extend its area of influence to
Asia
Africa
America
Oceania
United States extended its influence in Latin America
Japan focused on
Korea
Manchuria
Russia concentrated on
Siberia
Central Asia
colonial tension and conflicts
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
Fashoda Incident
between
British
French
Boer War
British wanted to gain control
Berlin Conference
European countries interested in controlling the Congo
agreed to delegate control
THE BOXER REBELLION
signed various treaties with China
Empress CiXi declared war
win the Opium War
Chinese government
forced to pay 330 million dollars
ANTI-COLONIAL PROTESTS
protest movements against colonialism
indigenous people revolted against European exploitation
Boxer Rebellion
Zulu Wars
socialist parties protested against what they considered unjustified abuse
objective
political control
economic exploitation of the colonies
the occupation and administration of the colonies
three stages
Political and administrative control
Organisation of the colonial economy
Occupation by conquest
Each colony had a specific value
Settler colonies
socio-economic value
Protectorates
areas of strategic interest
Exploitation colonies
economic value
