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Danny Hennessy
Causes of modern imperialism
The major industrial countries of Europe, United States and Japan,
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all acquired colonies in the 19th century.
Places taken over were Asia, Africa, the South pacific, and Latin
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America
Imperialism: Is extending a nations political and economic
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dominance or control over another country
Leaders wanted to be positive that they had enough materials for
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their factories
All these needs were met by controlling colonies
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Empire Building in the 19th century
Europeans moved into these new places ( asia, Africa, Americas),
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bringing their goods and ideas with them
1500s 1600s This is when European expansion had reached its
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peak
Military might, industrialization and technology had given European
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nations enormous power and influence throughout the world
Imperialism in Africa
Europeans took African land for colonies, by 1900 almost all of
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Africa was in European ownership
The French wanted to stop pirate raids in the Caribbean
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Great Britain had the greatest portion of Africa
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Dutch farmers were called Boers resented British rule
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When trying to settle in new territory, they bumped into a group of
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Africans called the Zulu
The Zulu were later defeated
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The Boers took their land and later diamonds were discovered, this
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area became the best source of diamonds in the world
Germany and Italy came late into the race for colonies in Africa
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King leopold of Belgium owned a lot of central Africa
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In 1908 the Belgian government forced him to give up the land
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because the Africans were being treated extremely cruel
It was then controlled by the Belgian government
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The British were searching for a product to sell to chin because
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they imported more than they exported
They found a drug called opium which would accomplish the aim
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The Chinese got addicted to the drug
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China officials tried to stop the trade by destroying 20,000 chest of
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opium
Resulting in the Opium war
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British responded to this by sending troops and ships to invade
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china
China was forced to sign the treaty of Nanjing in 1842
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Open door policy
The united states didn’t take any control of china
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But they indeed engaged in trade with china
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The U.S proposed that all nations interested in trade with
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china be given equal trading right which was called the open
door policy
U.S. Imperialism
The United states started it empire in 1867 when it
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purchased Alaska from Russia
Victory over spain in the Spanish-American War gave the
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U.S. control over the Philippines islands and Guam
War of 1898 convince the U.S. that it needed a canal for
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natural defense
1903 the United states negotiated an agreement with
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Columbia to allow the U.S. to build a canal across panama
The United states given the right to build and operate a
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canal in panama
The U.S. also dominated the governments and economies
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of other Latin American countries through a policy called
the Dollar diplomacy
This policy encouraged united states businesses to invest
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the development of countries and to build factories in
them
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