The Building of Global empires
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| 149296007 | Cecil John Rhodes | Monopolized diamond mining in south Africa, served as prime minister of the British Cape Colony; urged G.B. expansion til it embraced whole world | 0 | |
| 149345385 | MOTIVES of Imperialism | Modern Imperialism Moder Colonialism Economic Motives of Imperialism Political Motives of Imperialism Cultural Justifications of Imperialism | 1 | |
| 149296008 | Modern Imperialism | Mid 1800's, began speak of Imperialism- refers to domination of Euro. powers over subject land in the larger world by trade, investment, and business activities. (sometimes came by force of arms, but often from trade, investment) | 2 | |
| 149296009 | Modern Colonialism | Sent colonists to settle in new territories so they could control that new land; settler colonies were largely populated by migrants from the home societies; Euro. influence spread | 3 | |
| 149296010 | Colonial persuasion | Euros. soon started thinking that imperial expansion was crucial in order to stay on top. Many argued that their home states should pursue imperialist policies (for their own benefit) | 4 | |
| 149296011 | Econimic Motives of Imperialism | entrepreneurs- would promote overseas expansion; advocates would say that imperialism was beneficial to the colonies and that's why they wanted it; raw materials came into demand b/c of industrialization. | 5 | |
| 149296012 | supplies | U.S. and Russia- Petroleum; SW Asia- Oil fields | 6 | |
| 149296013 | Political Motives of Imperialism | crucial politically and militarily to maintain colonies; advocates wanted to for own benefits and so other powers couldn't | 7 | |
| 149296014 | ... | domestic politics- leaders wanted patriotism and to have no social tension (by focusing people's attention on foreign imperialists ventures) : it was an alternative to Civil War | 8 | |
| 149345386 | Cultural Justifications of Imperialism | Even spiritual motives fostered imperialism. Missionaries spiritual cambaigns provided a powerful religious justification for imperialism. | 9 | |
| 149345387 | Rudyard Kipling on the white man's burden | Kipling, journalist and writer about India, believed strongly in imperial rule. Poem The White Man's Burden" so US would impose colonial rule in the Philippines to bring order. | 10 | |
| 149345388 | Tools of Empire | Transportation Technologies Military Techonologies Communications Technologies | 11 | |
| 149345389 | Transportation Technologies | powerful technological advantages - first gunpowder, then Euro states competed to develop increasingly powerful military technologies - massive quantities, effective technologies of transportation, communications and war that enabled Euro imperialists to have their way. Steamships & Railroads British naval adapted steam power to military uses, built large ironclad ship w/powerful guns. Faster than sailing, travel further upriver. | 12 | |
| 149345390 | Nemesis | British gunboat 1842 led an expedition up the Yangzi River that brought the Opium War to a conclusion. | 13 | |
| 149345391 | New canals | Enhanced effectiveness of steamships. Suez Canal (1859-1869) Panama Canal (1904-1914) naval vessels travel rapidly lowered cost of trade between imperial powers and subject lands. | 14 | |
| 149345392 | Rail transportation | Enable colonial officials and armies to travel quickly through colonies. Facilitated trade in raw materials and the distribution of Euro manf goods in the colonies. | 15 | |
| 149345393 | Military Technologies | Most advanced firearms were smoothbore, muzzle-loading muskets. Then Euro armies were using breech-loading firearms with rifled bores that were far more accurate and reliable than muskets. By 1870s rifled machine guns; 1880s Maxim gun, light and powerful that fired eleven bullets per second. These weapons devastated opposing overseas forces - Euro could impose colonial rule almost at will. | 16 | |
| 149345394 | Sudanese force at Omdurman | Near Khartoum on the Nile River. In 5 hours, British lost 368 men - but their guns and force killed 11,000 Sudanese. British ruled Sudan. | 17 | |
| 149345395 | Communications Technologies | Steamships reduced time to deliver messages to colonies. Sailboats took 2 years, Steamships took 4 months, Suez Canal had steamships less than 2 weeks. Telegraph, with submarine cables through the oceans took only 5 hours. Had monopoly on telegraphic communications. | 18 | |
| 149345396 | European Imperialism | Imperial expansion began with British conquest of India. British empire grew out of mercantile activities - Tea and Coffee most prominent trade items. | 19 | |
| 149345397 | Company Rule | Mugul state - after death of emperor Aurangzeb 1707, the state decline, The East India Company took advantage of Mugul weakness to strengthen and expand its trading posts. 1750s merchants began conquest in India to protect their commercial interests - merchants won official rights to rule from Mughal emperors and local authorities. | 20 | |
| 149345398 | Sepoys | Merchants enforced their rul with a small British army and a number of Indian troops known as "sepoys" | 21 | |
| 149345399 | Sepoy revolt- later restore Mughal authority | led to direct British imperial rule in India. - they used rifles that had bullets from cartridges - which were in waxed paper with animal fat - Hindu Sepoys refused to tear off the paper with their teeth - cause cows were sacred. Muslim refused cause fat might be from pigs and were foul. Hindu sepoys staged a mutiny, killed British officers and proclaimed restoration of Mughal authority. | 22 | |
| 149345400 | Cawnpore, near Lucknow | Sepoys overcame British garrison - the rebels killed all the men - 2 weeks later massacred the women and children. When fresh British forced arrived - they executed by hanging, blew them up with canons. By May 1858 - British crushed the rebellion and restored authority in India. | 23 | |
| 149345401 | British Imperial Rule | British govn pre-empted the East India Company and imposed direct imperial rule in India. 1858 - Queen Victorie (1937-1901) was assigned responsibility for Indian policy, representing British authority. British rule transformed India. Established English-style schools for children of Indian elites. | 24 | |
| 149345402 | Sati | Most prominent Indian custom - the practice of burning widows on their husbands' funeral pyres. Not uncommon amoun upper-class Hindus - who believed that women should server their husbands loyally and follow them even in death. 1829 East Indian Company pressured that Indian law banned sati | 25 | |
| 149345403 | Imperialism in Central Asia and Southeast Asia | French and Russian sought ways to break British power and establish their own colonial presence in India. The weakening of the Ottoman and Qing empires allowed Russian expansion into Asia. | 26 | |
| 149345404 | Great Game | Next half century - military officers and imperialist adventurere engaged in a risky pusite of influence/intelligence between British and Russia. | 27 | |
| 149345405 | British Colonies in Southeast Asia | British moved to have presence in southeast Asia. | 28 | |
| 149345406 | Thomas Stamford Raffles | 1824 founded the port of Singapore, busiest center of trade in the Strait of Melaka - Singapore served as the base for British conquest of Malaya (modern Malaysia) in 1870s and 1880s. | 29 | |
| 149345407 | French Indochina | French imperialists built southeast Asian colony of French Indochina - moderns states of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos (1859-1893) Introduced European-style schools, wanted close connection with native elites - encouraged Chrisianity, resulting in the Roman Catholic church prominent in French Indochina, especially Vietnam | 30 | |
| 149351689 | The Scramble for Africa | ... | 31 | |
| 149351690 | European Explorers in Africa | David Livingston- Sctoish minister: traveled in search of suitable locations for mission posts; Henry Morton- U.S. journalist: undertook well- publicized expedition to find Livingstone & report his activities; Richard burton & John Speke- Euro. Geo. enthusiasts went searching in E Africa for source of NileR; Geo info retrieved from travelers was interesting to merchants eager for business opportunities in Africa | 32 | |
| 149351691 | South Africa | ... | 33 | |
| 149351692 | Frederick D. Lugard (1858-1945) | ... | 34 | |
| 149351693 | The Berlin Conference | ... | 35 | |
| 149351694 | Systems of Colonial Rule | ... | 36 | |
| 149351695 | Europea Imperialism in the Pacific | ... | 37 | |
| 149351696 | Settler Colonies in the Pacific | ... | 38 | |
| 149351697 | Imperialists in Paradise | ... | 39 | |
| 149351698 | The Emergence of New Imperial Powers | ... | 40 | |
| 149351699 | The Monroe Doctrine | ... | 41 | |
| 149351700 | The Spanish American War | ... | 42 | |
| 149351701 | The Panama Canal | ... | 43 | |
| 149351702 | Imperial Japan | ... | 44 | |
| 149351703 | Early Japanese Expansion | ... | 45 | |
| 149351704 | The Sino-Japanese War | ... | 46 | |
| 149351705 | The Russo-Japanese War | ... | 47 | |
| 149351706 | Legacies of Imperialism | ... | 48 | |
| 149351707 | Empire and Ecomony | ... | 49 | |
| 149351708 | Economic and Social Changes | ... | 50 | |
| 149351709 | Labor Migrations | ... | 51 | |
| 149351710 | European Migration | ... | 52 | |
| 149351711 | Indentured Labor Migration | ... | 53 | |
| 149351712 | Empire and Migration | ... | 54 | |
| 149351713 | Empire and Society | ... | 55 | |
| 149351714 | Colonial Conflict | ... | 56 | |
| 149351715 | Scientific Racism | ... | 57 | |
| 149351716 | Popular Racism | ... | 58 | |
| 149351717 | Nationalish and Anticolonial Movements | ... | 59 | |
| 149351718 | Ram Mohan Roy | ... | 60 | |
| 149351719 | The Indian National Congress | ... | 61 | |
| 149351720 | Chronology | 1772-1833 ; Life of Ram Mohan Roy 1809-1882 ; Life of Charles Darwin 1816-1882; Life of Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau 1824 ; Founding of Singapore by Thomas Stamford Raffles 1840 ; Treaty of Waitangi 1853-1902 ; Life of Cecil Rhodes 1857 ; Sepoy Rebellion 1859-1869 ; Construction of the Suez Canal 1860-1864 ; Land wars in New Zealand 1865-1909; Reign of King Leopold II of Belgium 1884-1885; Berlin West Afica Conference 1885 ; Founding of Indian National Congress 1894-1895; Sino-Japanese War 1897-1901; Term of office of US president William McKinley 1898-1899; Spanish-American War 1899-1902; South African War (Boer War) 1901-1909; Term of President Theodore Roosevelt 1904-1905; Russo-Japanese War 1904-1914; Construction of Panama Canal 1905-1906; Maji Maji Rebellion | 62 | |
| 150859383 | Different African Regions | Access to inland regions by rivers; King Leopold II- elgium king who hired Stanley (U.S.) to develop comercial ventures & establish colony called Congo Free State (now Republic of Congo) which would be a free trade zone to merchants and businessmen from all Euro. lands; | 63 |
