1. Motives for
European
Imperialism

2. Today’s Standard Essential Question
10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism...
What were the motivations behind European Imperialism from
Essential Question

3. European Motives For Colonization European Nationalism
Source for
Raw
Materials
Missionary Activity
Industrial
Revolution
European
Motives
For Colonization
Markets for Finished Goods
Military & Naval Bases
Social Darwinism
European Racism
Places to Dump Unwanted/ Excess Popul.
Humanitarian Reasons
Soc. & Eco. Opportunities
“White Man’s Burden”

4. Motives Driving the New Imperialism
Economic interests
Imperialism and Industrialization are inseparable
Industrialization – more access to natural resources
Ex: rubber petroleum, manganese, palm oil
Created markets to sell products on = $$$ to better Euro. economies

5. 2. Political and Military
Motives Continued
2. Political and Military
More Colonies = POWER
Nationalism – when one European country began expanding others tried to stop them, by controlling land around them
Steam-powered ships and naval vessels needed bases to take on coal and supplies
Industrial countries seized land for this

6. 3. Humanitarian and Religious goals
Motives Continued
3. Humanitarian and Religious goals
Genuine concern for their “little brothers” beyond the seas
Missionaries began taking the Christian religion to new areas
“White Man’s Burden”
Idea that it was the white mans responsibility to take civilization to the rest of the world
Examples:
Medicine
Law
Christianity

7. 4. Social Darwinism & Racism
Motives Continued
4. Social Darwinism & Racism
Growing sense of racial superiority
Applied Darwin's “survival of the fittest” to human societies
European races were seen as being superior to others
European imperial domination of weaker races was natures way of improving the human species
Millions of non-westerners (Europeans) were robbed of their cultural heritage.
Europeans
Everyone Else

8. Forms of Imperial Rule Indirect Control – (Protectorate)
Relied on existing leaders
Gov’t institutions were based on European styles
British, U.S used Indirect control

9. Forms of Imperial Rule Cont.
Direct Control (Sphere of Influence)
Foreign leaders rule
Viewed Africans as Children unable to rule themselves
French, Germans, Portuguese used Direct control