1. Imperialism-Taking over another country to dominate them politically, economically, culturally or militarily

2. Why did Imperialism occur?
Raw materials
Natural resources
A cheap labor supply
New marketplaces for manufactured goods

3. Improved Weaponry
The Maxim gun, similar to a machine gun, gave European countries an advantage over native tribes.
WHY???????

4. Dr. Livingstone
First European explorer/missionary to crisscross Africa-”The Dark Continent”
A desire to “civilize” non-Europeans also spurred the development of imperialism
Social Darwinism

5. The White Man’s Burden” By Rudyard Kipling
Take up the White Man’s burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives’ need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild—
Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.
Take up the White Man's burden—
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain,
To seek another's profit
And work another's gain.

6. “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

7. South Africa
The Dutch first arrived on the Cape of Good Hope in the late 17th century.
Europeans soon began to settle on the Cape, taking land and forcing the natives out.

8. The Great Trek, 1835–1843

9. Diamonds and Gold
In 1867, diamonds were discovered in South Africa; in 1886, gold was discovered.

10. The Boer War, 1899–1902
Dutch and British troops fought for control of the Cape
The British prevailed

11. The Power of Opium
By 1779, the British East India Company was importing opium into China
Within a generation, opium addiction in China became widespread

12. The Opium War: 1839–1842

13. The Treaty of Nanjing OPEN DOOR POLICY Britain gained
Control of Hong Kong
The right to trade in five major cities
Extraterritoriality
The legalization of opium in China
OPEN DOOR POLICY

14. The Boxer Rebellion, 1899

15. The Monroe Doctrine
Part of President Monroe’s 1823 Message to Congress
Warned European powers not to interfere with Western Hemisphere affairs or overthrow independent republics there
Promised the U.S. wouldn’t interfere with European affairs or colonies

16. Hawaii Independent kingdom in the Pacific Ocean
Became a republic in 1894
Annexed by the United States in 1898

17. The Spanish-American War
The United States gained control of Spanish colonies in the Pacific and the Caribbean, most notably Cuba and the Philippines.
Panama Canal

18. The Sepoy Rebellion
Sepoys: Indian soldiers who served under British commanders
1857: Sepoys refused to use ammunition greased with pork/beef fat
Full-scale rebellion broke out
After quashing the rebellion, the British took control of India

19. “The Jewel in the Crown”
In this 1897 map of the world, British possessions are outlined in red and shaded pink.
India….Why????
“The sun never sits on the British Empire…”

20. The Legacy of Imperialism
World War I
Economic Consequences
Cash Crops depleted the soil
Drained labor supply
Third-World Nationalism
Civil Wars in Third World Countries due to old tribal lines and who would assume power
What obligation, if any, does the industrialized world owe to the nations which it dominated and exploited for so long?????