unit 6 consequences of industrialization Flashcards
1750-1900
Social darwinism
survival of the fittest spread of Europeans and us power proved the biological superiority of the whites
david livingstone
went missing is subsaharan africa just spreading his faith
East India company EIC
drove the portuguese out of india
engaged in slave trade and exported opium to china
After the industrial revolution who was the leading economic power
Britian used settler colonies to provided markets for their goods
suez canal
save a trip around the entire continent of africa
britian seized control from the ottomans
what was the scramble for Africa
industrialized european nations competed for natural reasources in africa
berlin conference
1884
orderly colonization of africa
no africans were invited
Boer Wars
between British and afrikaners fought over land
China did not experience imperialsim the same way south asia or africa did due to
spheres of influence- European nations had exclusive trading rights and access to natural resources
Sepoy Mutiny
indian soldiers found out that british used pig fat on rifle cartridges result was indian nationalsim ended mughal rule british took more active rol in the ruling of india
Treaty of Paris
transferred control of the philippines from spanish to us
Cecil Rhodes
founder of de beers mining company
invested in the railroad preojectthat streatched from cape town to egypt however the project was never completed bcbritain never never fully gained control of the land it was going to take build over
Cash crops
crops grown for commericial value tea cotton sugar rubber coffee
Technological developments
railroads
steamships
and telegraph
Opium War
Britian imported the opium citizens got addicted and that led to criminalized use led to war britian won and treaty of nakning resulted in china to open up four additional ports
