1. TOP DOG: Scramble to Colonize the Globe (1750-1914)
Crash Course Colonialism
BE7-Panorama Lesson 3

2. KEY TERMS COLONIALISM IMPERIALISM NATIONALISM ENLIGHTENMENT INDENTURED
INFRASTRUCTURE

3. European Domination Crash Course Imperialism
1800: 35% of world
1914: 88%
HOW?
Military conquest
Financial and economic pressure
Competition among the states
Scare tactics

4. 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

5. 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

6. Disruption of Traditional Life
Authority structures
Family life
Gender relations
Idea systems
Local ecologies
The amount varied depending on the Europeans

7. European Justifications for Colonization
Superior weapon technology (to control)
Ideas of racial superiority
Instilled in law & symbolism
Speech
Clothing
Ritual

8. 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

9. 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.)

10. 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

11. Nationalism
Crash Course Nationalism
Grew with Imperialism