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13453424916Reasons for European Imperialism-1. Raw materials 2. Markets 3. Invests 4. Nationalism/ Imperial Expansion0
13453448872What materials made expansion possible?The empires had faster steamships, better guns, and global communications which gave them an advantage. Quinine helped prevent Malaria.1
13453475688Anglo-Saxonism"Whites" must be superior to "lesser" races. The whites were "smarter and stronger". Better technology led to this.2
13453495658Social DarwinismThe belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.3
13453515563Second Wave Countries1. Germany 2. Belgium 3. Japan 4. United States 5. Italy4
13453522017First Wave Countries1. France 2. Britain 3. Dutch 4. Spain 5. Portugal5
13453540319European Military SuperiorityAdvantage with weapons such as the Maxim Gun, an early machine gun used against lightly armed Asia and Africa.6
13453557169Slow Imperial Creep in India and IndonesiaEngaged in a slow and unplanned but steady expansion of territory. Millions of Asians were brought under control of the British Raj and the Dutch East Indies.7
13453597938The Scramble for Africa and Rapid Expansion ElsewhereIn Africa and certain Asian colonies, the European invasion and conquest was unexpected, sudden, and devastating. Unable to understand European motives and techniques, various kingdoms were completely overwhelmed by the imperial invaders. The Boer war was in South Africa. It took some time to colonize.8
13453642835Settler Colonialism and Mass Death in the PacificIn New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii, isolated populations were invaded by white settlers and their diseases.9
13453660002American and Russian ExpansionBoth engaged in expansion across vast stretches of continental land, displacing indigenous people. The United States would also expand with the Spanish-American War. Freed slaves to Liberia.10
13453703890Japanese Colonization in Taiwan and KoreaIn East Asia, a newly industrialized Japan flexed its muscles by annexing the island of Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula.11
13453727953America and BritainWhere America and Britain goes, it's army follows.12
13453741743Defiant Ethiopia and Diplomatic SiamThe two leading exceptions to the wave of imperialism were Ethiopia (Italy) and Siam (Present Thailand), which used diplomacy and accommodations to avoid imperial annexation.13
13453774624Soldiers Administrators and Local RulersVarious local rulers from Indian rajas to African chiefs served as a key source of exercising indirect power over colonial societies. Each of these collaborating groups expected some form of reward for their service and loyalty to conquerers.14
13453799441A Small Western-Educated EliteThe colonizers often viewed them with suspicion and disdain and the colonized might view them as having thrown their lot in with conquerors.15
13453816594Indian Rebellion, 1857-1858Colonial rule had numerous revolts, both small and large. One of the most important was the Sepoys. The revolt was brutally crashed.16
13453960630Radical BoundariesUsed a "Specific Racism" to justify the firm radical barriers between colonizers and colonized. Strict classes! Casts17
13454002225Settlers Colonialism in South AfricaSettlers colonies, where there larger populations of white settlers, systems of racial exclusions were developed for racial separation known as Apartheid.18
13454023512Impacts on Daily LifeAmericanize, Westernize!! *The rights do not follow the flag. As America colonizes, the places we go, they don't have the same rights.19
13454062375"Traditional India" and "Tribal Africa"Empires developed systems and sciences to study, organize, and control colonial studies.20
13454074212EurocenturyEuropean Ideas21
13454076677Gendering The Empires:White men were to be virile and hyper-masculine while colonized men were typically feminized unless they fit into useful class. White women were placed on the pedestal.22
13459190419Political Contradictions and hypocrisies:The result was a sharp contrast between governmental practice and ideology at home and in the colonies. No governmental ideas and individualism in colonies!!23

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