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African Trade [15c-17c]

Pre-19c European Trade with Africa

IndustrialRevolution

Source forRaw

Materials

Markets forFinishedGoods

EuropeanNationalism

MissionaryActivity

Military& NavalBases

EuropeanMotives

For Colonization

Places toDump

Unwanted/Excess Popul.

Soc. & Eco.Opportunities

HumanitarianReasons

EuropeanRacism

“WhiteMan’s

Burden”

SocialDarwinism

European Explorers in Africa

19c Europeans Map the Interior of Africa

Imperial Relationships

colony: area in which a foreign nation gained total control over the land and its population. Colonycomes from the Latin words colonus, meaning “farmer,” and colere, meaning “to cultivate.” Fromwhat you learned in Chapter 7, what did the word colonus mean in the Roman Empire?

Imperial Relationships

protectorate: colony in which the native ruler keeps his title, but officials of the foreign poweractually control the region. The word protector comes from the Latin word protegere, meaning“to cover.” The suffix -ate means “act on in a specified way.”

Imperial Relationships

condominium: situation occurring when two nations rule a third nation as partners. Condominiumcomes from the Latin prefix com-, which means “with,” and the Latin word dominium, whichmeans “domain.”Antarctica is a de facto condominium, governed by parties to the Antarctic Treaty that have consulting status.

• Sphere of Influence: a country or area in which another country has power( to affect developments although it has no formal authority.

• The Monroe Doctrine (1823) asserted a U.S. sphere of influence in the “New World,” excluding further European colonization in the Americas and presaging attempts by the United States to intervene in the internal affairs of smaller neighbors.

Imperial Relationships

• Concession (contract) (sometimes called a concession agreement): a contractual right to carry on a certain kind of business or activity in an area, such as to explore or develop its natural resources or to operate a "concession stand" within a venue.

• Concession (territory): an area within one country that is administered by another, usually conceded by a weaker country to a stronger one.

• Guantanamo Bay: leased from Cuba (which now disputes the lease) under 1903 and 1934.

The “White Man’s Burden”

Rudyard Kipling

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The “White Man’s Burden”?

Social Darwinism

Imperialism in the Early 19th Century

• During the first three-quarters of the 19th century, the European states showed little ______ in overseas expansion. When the Napoleonic wars ended in 1815, the only major overseas empires were those of _________and the ________.

• Although Great Britain had created a vast empire they lost enthusiasm after colonies in N.A. had rebelled. This suggested that acquisition of colonies was ________.

• The Netherlands remained content with its profitable empire in the _________, which it had acquired from ______in the early 17th century.

• France had lost most of its empire to the Great Britain in the 18th century and had to focus on ______ ______. Austria and Prussia focused its attention on European issues.

• During the last quarter of the 19th century, there was a great surge of imperialist activity. The major European states, particularly Great Britain, France, and Germany divided virtually all of Africa and much of Asia among themselves. During the last part of the century the U.S. and Japan join the ranks

Timeline Activity

• Great Britain acquires Hong Kong• Great Britain establishes a protectorate over Egypt• Japan annexes Korea• The British gain control of the Sudan• The U.S. acquires the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii• The Congo Free state is established• Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.• The Boxer Rebellion takes place in China.• Boer War is fought

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