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IMPERALISM
imperialism
late 19th and early 20th
a number of developed countries took control of other regions and lands all over the world
lands-colonies
part of the various colonial empires
objective
political control and economic exploitation of the colonies
causes
imperial expansion
result of the rise of finance capitalism
reasons for development of imperialism
growth of the population in Europe
and use of machinery in factories
caused high levels of unemployment and many people emigrated to the colonies to look for work
in order to avoid social conflict
emigration was encourgaed to the colonies
Scientific progress required geographic
expeditions to unknown areas of the world
colonies= symbol of international prestige
important to control strategic locations
people believed in the supremacy of white people
te colonial empires
European powers colonised most of
Asia
Oceania
Africa
largest colonial empires belonged
to France and Great Britain
competed with each other to gain
control of colonies; Africa and Asia
other industrialised countries began building their
colonial empires between 1870 and 1914.
colonial empires in 1914
French Empire was not as extensive as the British Empire
Apart from Great Britain and France,
other countries also had colonies in Africa
British Empirebegun establishing colonies centuries before, when Britain gained control of strategic locations
United States extended its influence in Latin America
Japan focused on Korea and Manchuria
Russia, after it was defeated by the Japanese, abandoned Manchuria and concentrated on Siberia and Central Asia
The occupation and
administration of the colonies
3 stages in the colonisation of the area
Occupation by conquest
Political and administrative control
Organisation of the colonial economy
Each colony had a specific value
for the colonising country
Settler colonies had a socio-economic value
Protectorates were areas of strategic interest
Exploitation colonies had economic value
during the age of imperialism
colonising powers wanted complete political,
economic and territorial control of their colonies
Explorers of new territories
Explorers and missionaries were
the first to enter the new territories
most famous explorers for the era
Henry Morton Stanley
The consequences
of Imperialism
imperialism had
important consequences
social and cultural
social and racial segregation developed due to the colonists considered themselves superior to the indigenous people
colonising countries imposed Western culture
indigenous people and their culture
were relegated to a second-class status
economic
acquired rights to extract mineral resources
colonists displaced the indigenous tribes from
their land to establish their single crop plantations
resul- imposition of a single crop and extraction economy
political
colonies became the scene of political rivalry between
the colonising powers for dominion of territories
sometimes become a war
demographic
pressure of population growth in colonising countries
population in the colonies increas owe
to the decrease in mortality rates
due to improvements in hygiene and health
