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IMPERIALISM AND COLONIAL EMPIRES
IMPERIALISM
in the 19th century
the start of the Second Industrial Revolution
A large number of territories became controlled by European powers
Causes Of Imperalism
Industrial development
required new raw materials that were sometimes found in territories very far away from Europe
Rivalry between industrialised countries
all of which competed with each other to guarantee a supply of raw materials
Intense population growth
in Europe led to more overseas emigration. Between 1871 and 1911
Ideological and cultural factors
also played a role. Europe wanted to ‘civilise’ the rest of the world, in some cases with a feeling of racial superiority
This political doctrine is called imperialism.
TYPES OF COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
Colonies
Territories where weak local power allowed mother countries
Dominions
Territories of the British Empire, occupied almost entirely
by European people
Protectorates
Territories where the mother country
COLONIAL EMPIRES IN 1914
The British Empire was by far the most extensive
followed at some distance by the French Empire
The British controlled almost a quarter of the world
345 million inhabitants.
COLONIAL TERRITORIES
Imperialist expansion led to the development of colonialism
This was a system in which the mother country exploited the colonies according to its interests
COLONISATION OF AFRICA
In 1885, Germany organised the Berlin West Africa Conference
to decide how Africa would be divided amongst the European powers
COLONISATION OF ASIA
the Indian Peninsula was colonised by the British
who considered it ‘the jewel in the Crown’
France took control of Indochina and Great Britain of Malaysia
Although China was still an independent country
The Chinese rebelled against this in the First Opium War
THE HEGEMONY OF THE UNITED STATES IN AMERICA
the United States began numerous military interventions
thought american teritories
strategic interests
the Panama
the Philippines
Puerto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
CONSEQUENCES OF IMPERIALISM
colonising countries were very different from those of the countries that were colonised
artificial borders were created, dividing tribes and ethnic groups or joining them together
Colonial expansion consolidated inequalities in the global production of goods
Colonisation involved violence against the people
Colonisation opened the door to certain advances in industrialised countries
