Imperialism Flashcards
Dutch
Claimed Dutch east indies
Created a strict social class system
Forced cultivation o export crops
Plantation agriculture
Goal was contact with china
British
Singapore on Malay peninsula
Gained colonies in Burma and Malaysia
French
Active since 17th century
Brought French Indochina under direct management
Siam
Remained independent
Played off European rivalry
King mangkut modernized Siam
US
Not inclined to colonize
Philippines
Spanish American war in 1898
Filipino nationalist led by Emilio Aguinaldo
Fought 1899-1902
Us promised eventual self rule
Hawaii
Valuable for sugar and pineapple trade
Ended tariffs on foreign sugar
Calls for annexation
Queen Liliuokalani
Republic of Hawaii
President asked us to annex
1898 annexed
Expansion of control
Weakening of Mughal empire
East India company gained control
Regulated by British government
Sepoys
Industrial revolution changed relationship
Raw materials (tea indigo coffee jute)
New markets
“Jewel in the crown”
Effects of colonialization
Restricted Indian business
Increase cash crop
Cultural association
Allowed India to modernize
Sepoy mutiny
Resented missionaries and racism
Feeling of nationalism increased
Enfield riffles greased with beef and pork fat( ppl couldn’t use because of the the meat on them)
Sepoys rebel
May 10,1857 Indians could not unite Changed British rule in India Raj Closer control
Ottoman lands
Ottomans lost much of their land
Weak leadership
Nationalism
European geopolitics
Europeans turned attention to the middle east
Access to Mediterranean and Atlantic Crimean war-warm water port for Russia British and French opposed Weakness of Ottoman Empire military Russians aided Slavic people
Egypt
Weakening of ottoman 1831
Reformed to block European control-military and economy
Could not pay debts
Suey Caral
Mediterranean to Red Sea
Built w private French
Persia
Discovery of oil 1908
Persia lacked capital
Allowed western business to enter
Tobacco in Persia
Boycott forced modernization
Token into spheres of influence between Russia and Britain
4 forms of of imperialism
Colony - governed internally by foreign power
protectorate- owned by empire but locally controlled; local control reports back to empire
sphere of influence- owned internally by government but restrictions on trade
economic imperialism- private business controls territory
2 forms of management
direct- Germans, French, Dutch, Belgium
-paternalism- providing for their needs and not their wants ; assimilation
indirect- Britain, US
-train local leaders
resistance
Ethiopia- exception
menelik II
Battle of Adowa 1896
Negative Legacy
Loss of Africa
Breakdown of Culture
European division of continent
