Causes of Imperialism
What is Religious?
1. Strain on food supply
2. Loss of local culture
What are CONS of India being under British rule?
When the imperializing nations send officials & soldiers from their nation to rule their colonies.
What is Direct Rule?
Britain attempted to improve their balance of trade & increase their income in China by getting local merchants addicted to a drug. Chinese government asked Britain to stop, but they didn’t and this event happened, which resulted in most European powers gaining more trading rights in a weakened China.
What is the Opium War?
Industrialized countries needed resources from non-industrial countries for new industries.
What is Economic (Industrial Revolution)?
1. More railroads for easier travel
2. Telegraph & postal system for improved communication
3. Better schools
What are PROS of India being under British Rule?
When the imperializing nation makes laws for each colony. Local rulers loyal to the imperializing nation retained some authority to make decisions.
What is Indirect Rule?
Trading practice pursued by the U.S. with China allowing for any country to be able to trade with China. The goal was to eliminate Spheres of Influence in China.
What is Open Door Policy?
Industrial countries believed their government systems were superior & attempted to implement them in the places they imperialized.
What is Political?
European powers could now imperialize Africa, set up their own government offices, & impose their own culture & beliefs on the locals because they believed them to be superior.
What is How was Africa changed by the Berlin Conference?
An area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges.
What is a Sphere of Influence?
Imported Western technology, set up factories to make modern weapons, developed shipyards, railroads, mining, & light industries & translated Western works.
What is the Self-Strengthening Movement?
White Europeans believed they were superior to non-white, non-Europeans which caused them to imperialize other countries to "save them".
What is Social (Darwinism)?
Unfair treatment & disrespect of the local's culture (forcing them to eat pork/beef) led to this incident.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
This type of rule of occurred in French colonies.
What is Direct Rule?
Chinese peasants were upset about Westerners in China & want to kick them out. Some foreigners were killed but peasants were stopped & foreign nations increased their control over China.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
Countries wanted to cheap labor & resources to save money so they imperialized other countries
What is Economic (The Birth of Capitalism)?
The Philippines was imperialized by this country.
What is the U.S.A.?
This type of rule typically happened in British colonies.
What is Indirect Rule?
Uprising by Chinese peasants calling for community ownership of property, equality of women & men, & strict morality. Some Western nations sided with the peasants but soon realized that if the peasants won the uprising, they would lose many trading rights, so they took away support.
What is the Tai Ping Rebellion?