Building Overseas Empires

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Motives for Imperialism

• Economic Interests• Political and Military• Religious and Humanitiarian• Social Darwinism

Economic Interests

• Natural Resources- Rubber, oil, minerals, palm oil• New Markets- for factory goods and

investment opportunities

Political and Military

• Desire for Naval bases, ports and harbors to protect trade• Nationalism –pride and prestige of

empire builiding

Religious and Humanitarian

• “white man’s burden” – belief in “helping” Africans, Asians• Missionaries• Sharing medicine, law, and

regilion(Christianity)

Social Darwinism

• Racial superiority• The idea that European were better

by evolution and others were less “evolved” or subhuman

The Rapid Spread of Western Imperialism 1870-1914

Colonialization by soldiers, merchants, settlers, missionaries, and explorers

European bankers, factory owners, and workers all approve

Causes

• Weakness of non-western states- Middle East, India, China, Africa

• Strength of European- powerful armies and navies, economy, well organized government, medicine

• Weapons- machine guns and

Resisting Imperialism

• Countries fight back with nationalist movements

• European criticism- imperialism is immoral and undemocratic

Forms of Imperial Rule

• French –direct rule-impose culture• British- indirect rule- locals rule

under the advice and influence of England• Protectorate• Sphere of Influence – an area in

which and outside country has exclusive economic rights(China)