chapter 17 section 1:the roots of western imperialism section 2:european claims in north africa...
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CHAPTER 17
Section 1: The Roots of Western Imperialism
Section 2: European Claims in North Africa
Section 3: European Claims in Sub-Saharan Africa
Section 4: Expansion in Asia
The Age of Imperialism
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
Bell Ringer 17.3:What events led to competition among Western nations for land in South Africa? What events led to the creation of the Union of South Africa? Complete the flowchart…
European Claims in Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Boers formed ____________________ to the north.
They fought against the native ___________ tribe for the land.
The British joined the war and helped the __________ win.
___________ and _____ were found in the Boer states.
Flowchart: Flowchart (cont.):
Germany declared a ___________, and Britain tried to ________ its land holdings.
An attempt to overthrow the ____________ government led to hostility between the British and _________________.
War broke out.
______ defeated the Boers and united ______ _____ and the Boer states into the _____________________________.
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West Africa• Formerly dealt in
slaves• Late 19th century
turned to trading palm oil, feathers, ivory, and rubber
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France wouldfight Samory Tourefor fifteen years for control of West Africa.
Britain would fightthe Ashanti kingdomfor the territory theywould name theGold Coast.
Liberia would bethe only state to remainindependent.
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Stanley & Livingston
1869 reporter Henry Stanleybegan his search for missing missionaryDr. David Livingston.
He found him in 1871.
“Dr. Livingston, I presume?”
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King Leopold II of Belgiumwould carve a personal colonyof over 900,000 square miles.
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East Africa
……also divided into colonies.
Famine and rinderpest weakenedany native resistance.
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South AfricaEuropean settlement began in 1652with Dutch settlement of Cape Town…which would grow into Cape Colony.
…which the British will take over in the early 1800s.
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The Great Trek
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The Boers carved out threecolonies -
Natal
Orange Free State
Transvaal
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Shaka ~ the most influential leader of the Zulu Kingdom.
The British would defeat the Zuluin 1879.
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The story of diamonds in South Africa begins between December 1866 and February 1867, when 15-year-old Erasmus Jacobs found a transparent stone on his father's farm, on the south bank of the Orange River. Over the next 15 years, South Africa yielded more diamonds than India had in over 2,000 years.
Cecil Rhodeswould arrive in
South Africain 1870.
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Cecil Rhodes
Within twenty years, Rhodes completelycontrolled South African diamondproduction.
He would later organize a colony to thenorth ~ Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Political CartoonEuropean Claims in Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Boer War• 1895 ~ Rhodes tried to overthrow the
Transvaal gov’t because the Boers had kept the British from opening mines.
• 1899 ~ The Boer War broke out.• After three horrible years, the British
defeated the Boers.• 1910 ~ united Cape Colony and the
three Boer colonies into the Union of South Africa.– The new constitution made it almost
impossible for non-whites to vote. – The beginning of apartheid.
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Effects of Imperialism on Africa
• Paternalism
• New crops & ways of farming
• Western medicine
• Roads and railroads were built.
• Improved communications
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Emperor Menelik II
Some African leaders attempted towork with the Europeans.
1899 negotiated a treaty with Italy … “switcheroo” didn’t work.
Italy would later try to invade Ethiopia …
… they would not be successful.Ethiopia would be the only Africannation to remain independent.
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Assimilation: when people give up their own culture completely and adopt another culture.
The Africans did not accept European culture and would continue to live much as they had for centuries.
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The Boers formed three colonies to the north.
They fought against the native Zulu tribe for the land.
The British joined the war and helped the Boers win.
Diamonds and gold were found in the Boer states.
Germany declared a protec-torate, and Britain tried to increase its land holdings.
Flowchart 1: Flowchart 2:
Germany declared a protectorate, and Britain tried to increase its land holdings.
An attempt to overthrow the Transvaal’s government led to hostility between the British and the Boers.
War broke out.
Britain defeated the Boers and united Cape Colony and the Boer states into the Union of South Africa.