imperialism mr. ornstein willow canyon high school
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Imperialism
Mr. Ornstein
Willow Canyon High School
What is Imperialism??
When one nation takes land and resources from a weaker nation.
Reasons For Imperialism
Gain Resources Markets for Goods Nationalism- Who can Get Biggest Empire Gain Ports for Navy Spread Christianity and European Culture “Civilize Native Population”
Technology and Imperialism
Because European Countries Industrialized they had better military technology.
Better technology allowed them to defeat and imperialize much bigger and more populous lands.
“Jewel in the Crown”
India/South Asia was the Most Valuable British Colony
British Took Many Resources and Destroyed Local Industries by selling Cheap Manufactured Goods
Helped India by developing infrastructure, improving health care and education.
Scramble for Africa
Imperialism lead to competition between European Countries for getting the most land in Africa
Europeans Race to get as much land in Africa as possible.
Answer
How were smaller European countries able to conquer larger countries in Africa and Asia?
Why was India the Jewel in the Crown?
What was the Scramble for Africa?
Tea, Opium, and Imperialism in China
English want to Trade for Chinese Tea
China Refuses to Trade with Great Britain, Claim they do not need anything from Britain
Opium and Chinese Imperialism
England Introduced Opium from India to China. Many Chinese get addicted and there is a drain on silver and gold.
Chinese government attempts to destroy British Opium.
Opium War and Unequal Treaties
British use destruction of Opium as excuse for war.
British with better technology easily beat China.
China is forced to sign unequal treaties with many European countries.
Opens China up for imperialism.
Spheres of Influence in China
A sphere of influence is an area or region over which a country exerts some kind of indirect cultural, economic, military or political domination.
Used in China
Japan and Imperialism
Seeing how easily China was defeated and imperialized, Japan quickly opened for trade and became to westernize and industrialize.
Japan needed raw materials to fuel its industrialization and quickly adopted its own imperialist policies.
Industrialization in Japan
The time of industrialization in westernization in Japan was called the Meiji Restoration.
Japanese Imperialism
Japan Imperialized Nations Throughout Asia and the Pacific.
China, Korea, ManchuriaJapanese Imperialism in Asia
helps start World War II.
Failed Attempts to Defeat Imperialism
Sepoy Rebellion in India Against British Imperialism
Boxer Rebellion in China Against Western and Japanese Imperialism
Nationalist Uprisings.
Nationalism and Imperialism
Nationalism is both a cause and a result of imperialism.
Imperialized nations often become nationalistic and want the imperialists out.
Ticket Out the Door
Define: ImperialismWhy did Japan industrialize?What was the Scramble for Africa?Why were European nations able to
imperialize much bigger countries.Give three reason for imperialism: