The New Imperialism

1800-1900

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This power point presentation is based on reading selections from Students’ Friend. Ideas and topics

highlighted in red indicate new information not included in the Students’ Friend reading.

The physical, economic, or

political domination or control of another nation

New Imperialism-What is it?

What causes or influences Imperialism?

*Nationalism (national pride)

*Social Darwinism (racist attitudes)

*Money (Industrial Revolution & colonies)

Imperialism in India

British East India Company gained control of most of India

British government took over after the Sepoy Rebellion that resulted over religious & cultural differences

Advantages: postal service, telegraph, roads, railroad network, schools, kept peace

Disadvantages: destroyed Indian textile industry, high taxes, pushed cotton growing instead of food=famines

Imperialism in China

British demand for tea and other products drained silver from Britain (trade imbalance).

British pushed opium trade in order to balance trade

Chinese objected, resulted in Opium War in 1839.

Opium War

With superior ships and technology the British won an easy victory.

Chinese under the Qing emperor were forced to pay cost of war and to open new ports to Western ships.

Continued Foreign Pressure in China

Spheres of influence-areas where only one foreign country had the right to trade with the Chinese

Open Door Policy-United States forced all countries to share equal rights to trade in China in 1899

Boxer Rebellion (1900)-A secret society, the

Boxers, swore to destroy foreigners and began killing foreigners across China, especially Christian missionaries.

Trapped foreigners in Beijing were rescued by French, German, British, Japanese, Russian, and American troops.

Qing Dynasty forced to give up more ports and pay for huge losses. The dynasty was finally overthrown in 1911.

Chinese Reaction to Foreign Pressure

Imperialism in Japan

Tokugawa shogunate attempted to keep out foreign influences.

Americans sent warships and threatened attack unless Japan open its ports to trade with the United States

Tokugawa Shogunate Falls

The Tokugawa shogunate (& feudalism) was overthrown and replaced with a modern centralized government.

Japanese citizens given equal rights.

Emperor (Meiji) restored to god-like power and devotion.

Japan embraces Industrial Revolution & becomes powerful.

Imperialism in Africa

King Leopold II of Belgium hired Henry Stanley to explore Congo River basin and make treaties with African leaders.

This set off a “Scramble for Africa” by European countries which led to the division of Africa without any input from Africans.

Boers & Zulus

Boers, descendants of Dutch farmers, came into contact and conflict with the Zulus.

Boer guns eventually overcame Zulu spears

Africa was carved into

countries with boundaries that had nothing to do with cultural groups living there.

Europeans built railroads to remove African resources.

Nearly destroyed African culture and development.

Imperialism in Latin American

The Monroe Doctrine was issued by the United States in 1823. Closed Americas to

any future European colonization

The United States in Latin America

The United States took about half of Mexico’s territory in the Mexican war in 1846.

Latin American countries would gain independence but a white upper class usually kept control.

New wealth from trade and industrialization benefited the elites.

Spanish-American War

U. S. supported Cuban rebels against Spain Battleship Maine blew up in Havana harbor &

Spain was blamed (mistakenly). U. S. declared war on Spain. Theodore Roosevelt & Rough Riders U. S. won war and acquired Puerto Rico, Guam,

Philippines.

American Imperialism

American Attitude

The United States took control of Hawaii.

Theodore Roosevelt declared the U.S. would take control of any Latin American country that didn’t run it’s government the way the U.S. wanted it to. Caused resentment

Westernization

Western nations: Industrialized Wealthy Powerful Aggressive

How could non-Western nations respond? Isolation (China &

Japan) Fight (Zulus) Adopt Western

ideas, (industrialize, modernize)

Problems

Education was one route to Westernization but there were problems: Western countries

already had factories, workers, and controlled world markets.