12/13/12 drill name every person you can think of involved in imperialism in one way or another...
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12/13/12
• Drill
Name every person you can think of involved in imperialism in one way or another
Agenda
1.Drill2.Pray3.Last Samurai: History vs Hollywood4.Review Crash Course
• Cecil Rhodes• Dr. David Livingston• Henry Stanley• Napoleon III• Otto von Bismarck• King Leopold II• Emperor Meiji• Millard Fillmore• Matthew Perry• Shoguns• Sepoys
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The start of Imperialism…
• European countries need raw materials– It’s the Industrial revolution, they always are
looking for raw materials
• In the mean time Belgium has Dr. Livingston missing in Africa– Henry Stanley goes looking for him on a Christian
mission
In Africa…
• He finds Dr. Livingston and they head back to Europe
• Dr. Livingston I presume…
• King Leopold II of Belgium hears about all the great stuff they saw and decides he wants it (mainly the raw materials Diamonds and Metals)
SEND THE ARMY!! TAKE IT OVER!
I DON’T WANT MY GRANDSON DYING
IN YOUR ARMY OVER DIAMONDS!!
SOLUTION: WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
He will not die for diamonds! We are going to teach the
Africans, to show them the ways of civilization
and to ditch their barbaric traditions!
SOLUTION: WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
…I think so…see you
in Berlin!
Did they buy that white man’s burden
line?
You didn’t even ask us about it! You
divided my people into two nations!
…my brother also died because of your fancy pants
coward gun!
Nevermind! I LOVE
NETFLIX!!!
SOLUTION: WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
Glad you're enjoying westernization…we’ll
be taking that iron now…by the way
you're gonna start growing cotton for us
now, sooo…
Practice
• Which of these developments in Africa was a cause of the other three?
A. Rival tribal groups fought wars.B. The Berlin Conference of 1884
influenced colonial boundaries.C. Traditional territories and culture
groups were permanently fragmented.D. African economies became dependent
on the sale of cash crops and raw materials.
Boer War
• Britain and the Dutch both wanted South Africa
• They had to go to war over it between the British and the Dutch farmers (Boers)
• Brits push the border back and WIN!
LET’S GO TO INDIA!
England…
• Imperializes India and of course the Indians hate it
• The East India Company is running the country, where they are basically using the land for cash crops and don’t care about anything else
• Except suppressing the Indians– Indians could not walk down the sidewalk or have
equal rights and they got the crap food and drinks
England…
• Has made Opium illegal…– So instead they will grow it in India and trade it
with China• So Britain goes to War with China, forces them
into an unfair treaty• Trade: Britain imports opium, exports tea.– Ruins China’s culture, because now its full of drug
addicts– Starts Spheres of Influence
Spheres of Influence
• European nations carve up China like a melon• Certain European nations are only allowed to
trade into certain ports– Cultural diffusion happens in those ports
• The Chinese aren’t feeling it– Taiping Rebellion– Boxer Rebellion
PRACTICE
• Both the Taiping Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion attempted to rid China ofA. Mongol control B. illegal drug traffic C. communist influence D. foreign domination
JAPAN: WE WANT IN!!!
JAPAN??!! WE HAVENT SEEN YOU IN (250)
YEARS! Where ya been?
‘Merrica
• Japan was isolated for years under the Shogunate
• Matthew Perry goes on ships to try and open up trade (so does everybody…and they got beheaded)
• Matthew Perry comes back with huge warships of America, they let him in on intimidation
Practice
• Commodore Matthew Perry’s visits to Japan in 1853 and 1854 resulted in the
A. colonization of Japan by the United States
B. transfer of spheres of influence to China
C. introduction of Christianity to Japanese society
D. opening of trade and diplomatic relations with Japan
‘Merrica
• They come up with the Treaty of Kanagawa– Japan will open two ports to America and they will
become best trading buddies
Japan
America
Japan Westernizes
• The Meiji Empower is restored to power– They copy American education, they copy the
British Army– They bring industry into the fold and build
factories and real cities• The old way is out, people want to westernize
• Japan needs to be western, and the west is imperializing…
I WISH WE HAD FRIENDS…AND
RESOURCES!
Japan…
• Starts touting around their new fancy western Army that Tom Cruise trained and ….– ATTACKS KOREA– ATTACKS CHINA• Sino-Chinese War
– Attacks RUSSIA• Russo-Japanese War
WIN!WIN!
WIN!
Practice
• Meiji reformers of Japan and Peter the Great of Russia were similar in that both emphasized
A. socialism B. isolationism C. westernization D. democratization
JAPAN IS COOL AGAIN! AND WE HAVE RESOURCES…
AND WE ARE PRETTY MUCH A PART OF THE WEST…WHICH
EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD HATES BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT THEIR FANCY GATLING GUN ALL
OVER THE PLACE AND TOOK OVER THE REST OF THE WORLD!