TOP DOG: Scramble to Colonize the Globe (1750-1914) Crash Course Colonialism BE7-Panorama Lesson 3
KEY TERMS COLONIALISM IMPERIALISM NATIONALISM ENLIGHTENMENT INDENTURED INFRASTRUCTURE
European Domination Crash Course Imperialism 1800: 35% of world 1914: 88% HOW? Military conquest Financial and economic pressure Competition among the states Scare tactics
European Rule Directly Pressure & Influence Haitian Revolution: the only time the situation was reversed Slaves and native people gained independence from France (1804) Crash Course Haitian Revolution
Colonization for the Colonized Tributes paid local rulers turned into taxes paid by individuals Economies were redirected Emphasizing export activity versus internal development Clock-time & wage-labor = less personal choices in daily living Infrastructure developed to support Europeans’ presence Roads, railways, bridges, harbors, hospitals, schools, military bases Use local labor Changed physical & mental landscape
Disruption of Traditional Life Authority structures Family life Gender relations Idea systems Local ecologies The amount varied depending on the Europeans
European Justifications for Colonization Superior weapon technology (to control) Ideas of racial superiority Instilled in law & symbolism Speech Clothing Ritual
Cost to the Colonizers Taxes rarely covered the costs of conquering and running the colonies Took time & energy Could have been spent at home Lead to competition among European Countries Lead to World War I
Population Movements Possible with technology: trains and steamships Faster, farther Increased demand for cotton = African slave trade increased not ending until the 1870s Indentured & wage labor from India & China European populations migrated (jobs, land, escape oppression, political unrest, etc.)
Intermediaries: The Go-Between Guys Between European authorities & colonies Women (early on) Locals who had a European education Revolutionary leaders came from this class Exposed to European Enlightenment ideas of freedom & democracy
Nationalism Crash Course Nationalism Grew with Imperialism