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ECONOMIC-RAW MATERIALS/RESOURCES/LABOR/NEW MARKETS
POLITICAL- COLONIES ARE SIGN OF POWER AND PRESTIGE
SOCIAL FORCES- BELIEF IN SUPERIORITY-SOCIAL DARWINISM
CAUSES OF IMPERIALISM:
EUROPEAN POWERS COMPETE TO COLONIZE THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA:
LIBERIA & ETHIOPIA
SIAM (THAILAND) INDEPENDENT ASIAN NATION
INDEPENDENT NATIONS OF AFRICA:
MEETING WHERE EUROPEAN LEADERS MEET TO DIVIDE UP AFRICA PEACEFULLY AND AVOID WAR, IGNORING AFRICAN CLAIMS
BERLIN CONFERENCE:
DARWINS THEORY APPLIED TO HUMANS.
THEORY THAT THOSE WHO ARE FITTEST FOR SURVIVAL ENJOY WEALTH AND SUCCESS AND ARE CONSIDERED SUPERIOR TO OTHERS.
SOCIAL DARWINISM:
POEM BY RUDYARD KIPLING THAT STATES THE DUTY OF WHITE PEOPLE IS TO EDUCATE AND PROVIDE THE PROPER CULTURE AND RELIGION TO NON-WHITES. USED TO JUSTIFY COLONIZATION
WHITE MAN’S BURDEN:
WAR BETWEEN THE BOERS (DUTCH ) AND THE BRITISH AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF DIAMONDS AND GOLD.
BOER WAR:
IDEA THAT OVER TIME LOCALS WILL ADOPT THE CULTURE OF THE COLONIAL RULERS.
ASSIMILATION:
MUHAMMAD ALI MODERNIZES EGYPT TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY. MAJOR EXPORT-COTTON
EGYPT/ALI/INDUSTRIALIZE:
WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (TURKS) OVER CRIMEA. RUSSIA WANTS A WARM WEATHER PORT. RUSSIA DEFEATED WITH THE HELP OF FRANCE AND G.B. OTTOMAN WEAKNESSES EXPOSED.
CRIMEAN WAR:
INDEPENDENT BUT LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRY CONTROLLED BY PRIVATE BUSINESS INTERESTS RATHER THAN GOVERNMENTS.
ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM:
FOREIGN OFFICIALS BROUGHT IN TO RULE
DIRECT RULE:
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS USED BY IMPERIAL POWERS TO DO “AS THEY ARE TOLD”. WORKS WELL WITH LARGE EMPIRES.
INDIRECT RULE:
CANAL CONNECTS THE RED SEA WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN. A SHORT CUT TO BRITAIN’S COLONIES.
SUEZ CANAL:
PLAYS COLONIAL POWERS AGAINST EACH OTHER
SIAM/INDEPENDENT:
AFTER 1500 BRINGING CHRISTIANITY TO NON-CHRISTIANS
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES
MOST VALUABLE OF ALL OF BRITAIN’S COLONIES
INDIA/ “JEWEL IN THE CROWN”:
HINDUS AND MUSLIM SEPOY SOLDIERS REBEL AGAINST BRITISH. REBELLION PUT DOWN. INDIA NOW RULED BY THE RAJ ( GO FROM INDIRECT RULE TO DIRECT RULE)
SEPOY REBELLION:
BRITAIN WON’T STOP SELLING OPIUM TO THE CHINESE. CHINA DECLARES WAR ON GREAT BRITAIN. BRITISH DEFEAT CHINA. CHINA FURTHER WEAKENED.
OPIUM WAR:
AREA WHICH A FOREIGN NATION CONTROLS TRADE AND INVESTMENT EX. CHINA AND THE EUROPEANS. SIMILAR TO ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
A COUNTRY WITH IT’S OWN INTERNAL GOVERNMENT, BUT UNDER THE CONTROL OF AN OUTSIDE POWER.
PROTECTORATE:
“SOCIETY OF RIGHTEOUS & HARMONIOUS FISTS “
REBELLION AGAINST FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN CHINA. MULTI-NATION FORCE DEFEATS THE REBELS.
BOXER REBELLION:
USA PROPOSES THAT CHINA BE OPEN TO ALL COUNTRIES FOR TRADE.
OPEN DOOR POLICY: USA
FOREIGNERS HAVE SPECIAL RIGHTS AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO CHINESE LAW.
EXTRATERRITORIAL RIGHTS:
FORCES OPEN JAPANESE TRADE WITH USA
TREATY OF KANAGAWA
JAPAN AND RUSSIA AT WAR OVER KOREA AND MANCHURIA. JAPAN WINS AND TAKES FIRST MAJOR COLONIES. JAPAN INDUSTRIALIZES AND BECOMES IMPERIALISTIC
RUSSO/JAPANESE WAR:
U.S. DEFEATS SPAIN AND AQUIRED COLONIES: CUBA, PUERTO RICO, PHILIPPINES AND GUAM.
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR:
THE ACT OF A NATION ACQUIRING A TERRITORY BY FORCE OR OCCUPATION.
ANNEXATION
CORPORATION OPERATING COLONIES FOR BRITAIN. USE INDIRECT AND DIRECT RULE AS NECESSARY
BRITISH EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY:
CORPORATION OPERATING DUTCH COLONIES IN INDONESIA. USE DIRECT RULE.
TIN AND RUBBER MAIN RESOURCES OF EAST INDIES.
DUTCH EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY:
POSITIVE
ROADS, BRIDGES, RAILROADS, COMMUNICATIONS, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, IRRIGATION, DAMS.
NEGATIVE
LOST INDEPENDENCE. LOST WAY OF LIFE. LOCAL CULTURE UNDERMINED BY COLONIAL POWERS. CASH CROPS REPLACE FOOD CROPS AND FAMINES INCREASE. NEW DISEASES.
SLAVE TRADE- DEMAND FOR U.S. COTTON EXPANDS SLAVE LABOR DEMAND.
EFFECTS OF COLONIAL RULE:
THREATEN WAR TO FORCE COOPERATION
GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY
PROVIDE REWARDS FOR COOPERATION
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
USE REASON TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE
GREEK PHILOSOPHERS
BELIEF IN ONE GOD/JEW, MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN
MONOTHEISM
BELIEF IN MANY GODS/HINDUISM, ROMANS
POLYTHEISM/
WEALTH OF NATIONS/ LAISSEZ FAIRE
ADAM SMITH/
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY/AMERICA
REPUBLIC/
ALL CITIZENS ARE IN THE GOVT. SMALL POPULATIONS ONLY.
DIRECT DEMOCRACY
CREATE BALANCE OF POWER AND STABILITY IN EUROPE
CONGRESS OF VIENNA/CONCERT OF EUROPE:
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY/ NATURAL RIGHTS
JOHN LOCKE
SEPARATION OF POWERS, 3 BRANCHES OF GOVT
MONTESQUIEU