1. Introduction to Imperialism

3. What is Imperialism?
• the social, economic and political domination
of one nation over another nation
Egyptian cartoon

5. Motives Behind Imperialism
First Wave: late 15th-18th c Second Wave:19th-mid 20th c
• royal colonies • Nationalism!
• gold, spices and slaves • Racism and ethnocentrism
(Christian mission + “white
• Christianity man’s burden”)
• Sense of adventure/curiosity • Industrialization and
capitalism
• Sense of adventure/curiosity

7. Two Types of Imperial Rule
• direct
• indirect

8. Spain and Portugal in Latin America
Why?
Cortes in Mexico
Spain vs Portugal

9. England’s Dominance

10. England and France in
North America
• Why?

11. England in India

13. ”It is our duty to
seize every
opportunity of
acquiring more
territory...the Anglo-
Saxon race is the
best, the most human,
most honourable race
the world possesses.”
--Cecil Rhodes
Confession of Faith
European Justification for Imperialism

15. The Start of the
“Scramble for Africa”
• first Euro contact was approx mid 1400s
• hundreds of different tribes flourished
• Obstacles: African armies, disease and terrain
• by 1880, Europe controlled 10% of Africa

18. AFRICA 1880
By1914: Europe controls 96% of Africa!!!

20. Why Was Europe Successful?
500 rounds per minute!
• Africa wasn’t united: divide and conquer strategy
• military and technological advantages
• medical developments; especially quinine
• 77% of Euros had died from disease (UCal)

22. Conflicts from Imperialism:
European vs. European
• Countries compete for resources, such as
rubber, cocoa and diamonds
• Berlin Conference (1884)
• Boer War (1899-1902) in S. Africa
• Post WW I and WW II

24. Pros and Cons of European Imperialism
• infrastructure improved • lose independence
• education • society’s are split
• medicine • new borders
• exposure to new tech • death and murder
• pan Africanism • monocultures
• legacy of domination

25. Japan in Asia
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• China (parts), Korea and Vietnam

26. United States
• Monroe Doctrine
• Hawaii
• Puerto Rico
• Guam
• Cuba
• Philippines
• Panama
• Iraq?