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How was the empire justified? - Coggle Diagram
How was the empire justified?
MODERNISM
world can be improved by human intervention and achievement
Europe could improve world by
colonising
Europeans modern,
civilised
and
superior
compared to natives of foreign lands
British were
naturally intelligent
Britain
Could
and
Should
rule the world
British were
natural rulers
Mackinder's Heartland Theory
global heartland from Eastern Europe to Russia
power determined by:
who ruled pivot ruled heartland
who ruled heartland would command
world island
(Europe, Russia, Asia)
who commanded world island would rule world
centre was a
pivot
IN THEORY
Russia
should be the global power BUT...
many borders, many attack points
few all-year ports because of frozen seas
weak government
Britain disturbs balance & has sea power
RUSSIA WAS PIVOT
Evangelical Christianity & Social Darwinism
Evangelical = the spread of christian word through churches/schools
led to...
belief that native were racially inferior
belief colonialism was a devine calling
Social Darwinism = 'strong should survive over weak' survival of the fittest