IMPERIALISM

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IMPERIALISM

CAUSES OF IMPERIAL EXPANSION

The Myth Of The Superior Race

War

Racist and nationalist attitudes

Rivalry between the powers

Race to control

Strategic

Powerful

Prestige

Economic and demographic reasons

Overpopulation

Colonial products

Raw materials

New markets

THE COLONIAL EMPIRES

The French Empire

Colonies in

Asia

Africa

The British Empire

Important possesions

Australia

India

THE TURN-OF-CENTURY WORLD ECONOMY

Late 19th and early 20th centuries

Developed countries took control of the other regions

In the late 19th century, the process of industrialisation continued

Biggest industrial producers

Japan

Built its own factories

established banks

introduced measures

United States

Had industrialised rapidly in the second half of the 19th century.

Germany

Europe’s leading industrial producer

Due to its powerful iron and steel industry

THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA

Africa was important!

Need for colonies was creating tensions between countries

Berlin in 1885

Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck arranged a conference

1914

90% of the African continent was under European control

Fourteen countries atended

AFRICA COULD PROVIDE

Rubber

Slave labour

Cooper

Ivory

Gold

Cloves and Spices

Diamonds

Britain was in a privileged position

France wanted to regain lost power

Germany, United States and Japan

Beginning to compete industrially with Britain.

Annexation of India

Made Britain the most powerful

Economic and strategic power.

THE GREAT EUROPEAN POWERS

In the 19 century, European powers wanted a colonial empire

Three empires were decline

The Ottoma

Russian

Austro-Hungarian

France

1830 established a new colonial empire

Territories in Africa, Indochina and islands

Most important colony was Algeria

British Empire

The largest and richest.

Quarter of the Earth's surface and population

Most important colony was India

THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

1870-1914

Began in the United Satates and Germany

New energy sources

New insdustries

Transport and communications

Financial capitalism

New production techniques, assembly-lines