1. African Imperialism

2. Imperialism Imperialism - The takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation with the intent of domination the political, economic, and social life of the people of that nation What is our class definition of imperialism?

3. How to describe Imperialism? Greedy Selfish Powerful Conquering Competitive Violent Hypocritical

4. Motivation for Imperialism Economic Desire for new markets and raw materials for economic growth Political Europeans viewed an empire as a measure of national greatness Social Belief that white Europeans were better than others Europeans had the right and the duty to bring their advanced technology to these colonies

5. Forces that pushed Imperialism Maxim Gun Invented in 1889 - first automatic gun Overpowered African nations Railroads Gave Europeans the means to travel long distances Cure for malaria Lack of Unity in Africa

6. Berlin Conference 14 Nations met in 1884-85 in Berlin Any European nation could claim land in Africa by notifying other nations of their claim and showing they could control the area Done to prevent fighting in Africa amongst European nations

7. Political Divisions of Africa - 1913 French - 35.6% Britain - 32.3% German - 7.9% Belgian - 7.9% Portuguese - 6.8% Italian - 5.2% Spanish -.06% Independent African States - 3.4%

8. British South Africa Large amount of Dutch settlers called Boers Boers waged war against the British because of their involvement in South Africa Boer Wars 1880-1881 1899-1902 Ended with the Dutch settlers united their two republics under British control

9. Other European Colonies British - India, Malaysia, Hong Kong Germany - Papua New Guinea - South Pacific France - French Indo-China (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Netherlands - Indonesia

10. US Imperialism Philippines Hawaii Puerto Rico Guam