I M P E R I A L I S M By Brent Pillsbury Mission Viejo High School

I M P E R I A L I S M l One countries domination, of the political, economic, and social life of another country.

NATIONS COMPETED FOR OVERSEAS EMPIRES l BRITAIN LED THE CHALLENGE. THEY NEEDED MORE RESOURCES TO RUN THEIR FACTORIES

IMPERIALISM FOSTERED RIVALRIES l SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AUSTRIA- HUNGARY, GERMAY, GREAT BRITAIN

EUROPE BELIEVED IN ITS SUPERIORITY l THANKS TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THE EUROPEANS HAD WEAPONS, AND WAYS TO GET TO OTHER COUNTRIES

CECIL RHODES SAID, l “I CONTEND THAT WE BRITONS ARE THE FIRST RACE IN THE WORLD, AND MORE OF THE WORLD WE INHABIT THE BETTER IT IS FORTHE HUMAN RACE”

IMPERIALISM HAD MASS APPEAL l STORIES OF ADVENTURE IN FAR OFF LANDS GLORIFIED IMPERIALISM. NEWSPAPERS ALSO COMPETED FOR READERS SO NOT EVERYTHING WAS TRUE!

IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA l DAVID LIVINGSTON WAS THE MOST FAMOUS EXPLORER WHO PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THE NATIVES.

IMPERIALISM IN INDIA l THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION RELIED ON INDIA FOR ITS SUPPLIES, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA WERE ALSO EXPLOITED AS A WORK FORCE.

IMPERIALISM IN CHINA l THE CHINESE WERE SELF SUFFICIENT AND DID NOT NEED THE NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!!

IMPERIALISM IN CHINA l THE EUROPEANS DID NOT GIVE UP AND GOT THE CHINESE HOOKED ON OPIUM!! THEY THEN RELIED ON THE EUROPEANS FOR THEIR NEW HABIT.

IMPERIALISM IN JAPAN l THE JAPANESE UNLIKE THE CHINESE DID NOT FIGHT OFF IMPERIALISM AND LET THE THE EUROPEANS COME IN AND MAKE THEM BIGGER AND BETTER!!

IMPERIALISM REACHED LATIN AMERICA l CHILE, PANAMA, CUBA, HAITI, NICARAGUA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD l NO PART OF THE WORLD WAS TOO REMOTE FOR TRADE AND COLONIZATION.

IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD l THE INDUSTRIAL NATIONS WERE WILLING TO COMPETE EVEN FOR THE SMALLEST ISLAND.

IMPERIALISM AND THE WORLD l BY THE EARLY 1900’S, EXPLORERS FROM SEVERAL NATIONS WERE RACING TO CLAIM EVEN THE FROZEN WASTES OF ANTARCTICA.