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Imperialism Lecture 4/13/19

LECTURE OBJECTIVES AND

STANDARDS
NEW IMPERIALISM California Content Standard 10.4:
GLOBAL IMPERIALISM DURING THE LATE 19TH AND
EARLY 20TH CENTURIES Students analyze patterns of global
change in the era of New Imperialism in at
least two of the following regions or
countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China,
MS. GRAY
WORLD HISTORY
India, Latin America, and the Philippines.
GRADE 10

WHAT IS
“IMPERIALISM”? WHAT DID
YOU COME
TALK WITH A NEIGHBOR AND COME UP WITH A FEW
SYNONYMS, MEANINGS, OR EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU THINK
IMPERIALISM IS

UP WITH?

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SOME
POSSIBILITIES ARE…
Colonialism/Colonial Rule
Empires
Ruling over another country (directly
or indirectly)
Control over another country and
their people
Acquiring new territories

IF YOU’VE SEEN STAR OLD VS. NEW

WARS, YOU’VE HEARD OF IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM
Old Imperialism New Imperialism
“Your father’s lightsaber. This is the
weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or Took place Began in the 1880s
random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for between the 16th
and 18th centuries One main trigger
a more civilized age. For over a thousand was the Industrial
generations, the Jedi Knights were the Typically was Revolution
guardians of peace and justice in the Old European powers
Republic. Before the dark times... before establishing Countries engaged
the Empire.” trading stations in bolder steps to
overtake nations
—From Star Wars: Episode IV—A New
Hope.

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MOTIVATIONS OF
IMPERIALISM
Economic Motivations
Political Motivations
Social Motivations
Religious Motivations
POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS
Expansion of naval powers
• Imperial powers could build naval
bases around the world
The more colonies a country had the
more powerful they looked
• Created a sense of nationalism
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ECONOMIC MOTIVATIONS
Industrialization
• Western countries
needed raw materials
and resources to keep
industrialization going
The colonies also were
new markets for the
imperial powers to sell
their goods to
SOCIAL MOTIVATIONS
Imperial powers saw the native
people as “uncivilized” and felt a
“duty” to civilize them
Western world believed that they
were superior to the rest of the
world
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RELIGIOUS MOTIVATIONS LET’S LOOK AT THE

PROGRESSION OF IMPERIALISM
Imperial OVER THE YEARS
countries
attempted to
spread Western
religions to the
people they
colonized

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU

NOTICED FROM THE VIDEO? FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS
WRITE DOWN YOUR ANSWERS ON YOUR HANDOUT

1. Based on the interactive map you

just saw, which continent was most
sought after during the Age of New
Imperialism? Why do you think that is?

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2. At what point in time is most CASE STUDY:

of the globe colonized? When
does this start to shift? Write AFRICA
down your thoughts and
predictions on why we start to
see this shift during this time
period.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE

FOLLOWING CARTOON
REPRESENTS?

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SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA

Western countries were interested

in Africa for their diamonds, sugar,
salt, gold, cocoa, etc.
The Berlin Conference- European
countries divided up Africa into
colonies
About 90% of the continent came
under European control

AFRICAN RESISTANCE
Resistance took place in two main forms:
CASE STUDY:
• Guerrilla warfare & direct military engagement
Guerrilla warfare- most often used in small
SOUTHEAST
societies. Groups of non-professional trained
individuals who used their knowledge of the
terrain to stage attacks against colonial powers
ASIA (SEA)
Direct Military Engagement- organized by state
systems which had professional armies and large
troops.

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COLONIAL RULE IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA
European powers interested in the “Pacific
Rim- land that borders the Pacific Ocean
•  Good for access to China and setting
up naval posts
Dutch East India Company discovered oil
and the Dutch expanded their control all
across Indonesia
British opened Suez Canal

COLONIAL RULE IN SEA

CONTINUED
French were involved in Vietnam,
Cambodia, and Laos in what was
known as Indochina
The U.S. later acquired the Philippines
from the Spanish after the Spanish-
American War in 1898
SEA RESISTANCE
•  First signs of resistance came from the
existing ruling class
•  Then came peasant revolts
•  Sometimes led by Monks
•  Ex. Burmese Monk led uprising
against the British, but failed
•  Then came the emergence of
Nationalism by westernized natives who
lived in the cities

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CONCLUDING QUESTIONS
1. After studying the two case studies
(Africa and SEA), did you notice any
similarities in either the reasons for
colonization or the resistance by natives?

2. What consequences do you think were a

result of Imperialism? Hint: draw on your
prior knowledge of history to recall what
major war started in 1914

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