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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: