Analyzing Imperial Motives

Open-Shaft Mining S. Africa Economic- Exploitation of natural resources Ideological- Europeans treating Africans as inferior

A Methodist Sunday School, Angola Religious- Christian Values & Beliefs Ideological- Teaching European Customs & Beliefs.

Germans Taking Possession of Cameroon Political- Flag = national identity Exploratory- new, foreign lands

Quote from Henry Stanley, 1882 Ideological- “civilize” Africa

Africans Brining Ivory to Wagons, South Africa Economic- Ivory Trade = big $$$

Map of Central Africa Exploratory- interest in unexplored territories.

Ad for Pears Soap Ideological- belief that people needed to be cleansed through European Civilization. Economic- Its an Ad.

Pupil Nurses in Burma, 1888 Ideological- teaching European values Religious- educating people of other cultures

Chinese being savaged by European powers Political Economic Religious Ideological

Bagged Ground Nuts, West Africa Economic

French Capture Saigon, Vietnam Political-military force

British Lipton Tea Ad. Economic Political- gaining prestige from trade.

The Rhodes Colossus Political- From Cairo to Cape Town Exploratory

Epitaph from Livingstone Religious Exploratory

Suez Canal, Egypt 1870 Economic Political

Analyze the Consequences of New Imperialism for European nations and those people conquered by Europeans. 1-2 Paragraphs. Add to chapter 27 Outline notes.

British claims that they will build an empire from Cairo to Cape town . Establishing a school in the Congo to help spread Christianity Imprisoning tribal leaders who refuse to adopt European customs. Exploitation of diamond mines in South Africa.

“We wish to bring European values to corners that have yet to be discovered”. “Europe should supply the people of Africa with all the technology to help make Africans more civilized”. U.S. construction of the Panama Canal in 1904

“The Chinese are heathens “The Chinese are heathens! They must accept Christianity in order to be saved. “If Africans were capable of governing themselves they would not have been so easily conquered by Europeans”. When it comes to imperialism, only the strongest will survive. Colonies are a good source for raw materials, labor and trade.

Germany must acquire more colonies in order to be as powerful as Great Britain. “The White Man’s Burden” is to teach Africans how to be more productive in their country. Ridding Africa of the slave trade is the priority of missionaries. We wish to make contact with unknown cultures and people, investigate the lands where they live and steal it from them