Imperialism
This term describes a state's control over other peoples and territories, often by force or influence.
What is imperialism?
This is the experience of being ruled by an external power, often through settlement or economic exploitation.
What is colonialism?
This Upper Canada Rebel leader was fighting for government reform.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie?
This 1763 document recognized Indigenous land rights and limited colonial expansion westward.
What is the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
This revolution marked the shift from hand tools to machines, starting in Britain in the 18th century.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This late 19th to early 20th-century period saw a surge in global colonial expansion, often justified by racial superiority and economic motives.
What is New Imperialism?
A colonized people are often expected to adopt the culture and values of the colonizer in a process known as this.
What is assimilation?
In 1857, a major uprising in this country challenged British East India Company rule.
What is India?
These elites made decisions for the people of Lower Canada, and many settlers felt they had no say in how they were governed.
What is the Château Clique?
Homer
What is the name of Ms. Lindy's dog
This form of diplomacy uses military threats to force countries into trade or political agreements.
What is gunboat diplomacy?
The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
What is manifest destiny
This African country successfully resisted colonization at the Battle of Adwa.
What is Ethiopia?
This 1839 document, written after the Rebellions of 1837–38, recommended the unification of Upper and Lower Canada and the establishment of responsible government.
What is the Durham Report?
During the Industrial Revolution, this new economic system emphasized private ownership and profit
What is capitalism?
Name two technological advances that helped imperial powers dominate distant colonies.
What are steamships and telegraphs? (Also acceptable: railroads, guns, etc.)
When colonizers didn’t use direct rule, they often hired locals as clerks and soldiers. What is this called?
What is indirect rule?
This rebellion in 1950s Kenya was led by the Kikuyu people seeking land and independence from British rule.
What is the Mau Mau Rebellion?
Define “responsible government” in the context of early Canadian democracy.
What is a government that is accountable to the people and not just the monarch or appointed officials?
Repectful use of tech.
What is one of Ms. Lindy's classoom expectations?
Explain how imperialism was connected to industrialization. Provide at least two specific examples.
What is: Industrialized nations needed raw materials (like cotton, rubber, or oil) and new markets to sell manufactured goods, which motivated them to take over colonies? (Examples could include Britain in India for cotton or Belgium in the Congo for rubber.)
Explain one way that colonial schooling both helped and hurt resistance movements.
It taught colonized people to feel inferior but also exposed them to ideas like liberty and nationalism.
Give two common reasons why people resisted colonial rule, based on global examples.
What are loss of land, cultural suppression, forced labor, or lack of political power?
The headquarters of the Upper Canada rebellion where one of the first clashes between rebels and loyalists happened.
What is Montgomery's Tavern?
A historical thinking concept.
What is cause and consequnce?