19th Century  Imperialism

I. Causes of Imperial Expansion
  A. interest in ports and military posts in Africa and Asia
  B. Europeans saw colonies necessary part of political achievement -
       nationalism
  C. Social Darwinism - Europeans regarded less developed cultures
       as inferior and in need of civilized guidance
       Social Darwinism and Elitism
       Herbert Spencer
        provided justification to colonize
II. The Scramble for Africa
  A.  early colonization
          1. Dutch colonized a supply post at the Cape of Good Hope
              and called it Cape Colony. They later lost it to Britain in the
              Napoleonic Wars.
              Britain outlaws further expansion into Africa and,
              in 1833, ends slavery
          2. the Great Trek - between 1835 and 1845,
              Dutch farmers migrated Northeast
  B. The Foreign Presence in Africa
          1. Liberia - Africa's first republic (1847)
              founded by former American slaves
              government modeled after the US government
          2. missionaries went to provide education, medical treatment
              and christianity
          3. explorers sought adventure and new goods
           Explorers of Africa
 C. Western Africa
          1. France took over land between Senegal and Algeria
              West Africa, Equatorial Africa, Tunis
          2. Britain defeated the Ashanti - captured Nigeria
  D. Northeastern Africa
          1. Britain took control of Egypt and Suez Canal due to
              financial debts (1882)
              Uganda, Kenya, and Sudan
           Sudan Wars       Mahdi and Sudan

     Mahdi's Influence on Sudan 1881-1885
  E. Southern Africa
       1. Britain annexed parts of Africa that were rich in goods
           South Africa, Rhodesia
       2. The Afrikaner republics broke away from British influence
          The Boers
            The Boer War
          The Boer War
             Short History of the War    -- South African War Virtual Library
           They lost the war and surrendered in 1902
      3. Britain, in 1910, combined British and Afrikaner colonies into the
          Dominion called the Union of South Africa
 

              Cecil Rhodes
              Lord Salisbury

              The Humiliation and redemption of Britain

              The Fashoda Incident
              Modern Warfare and Imperialism

             Sudan Wars

            Zulus

            Brazza
           Joseph Chamberlain
           Delcasse
           Benjamin Disraeli
           Leopold II
           Livingstone

           Imperialism in Africa essays

        Germany
         Southwest Africa
         the Cameroons
         Togoland
         East Africa
         Somaliland
        Belgium
         the Congo
      Portugal
         Angola
         Mozambique

                     Under Development
 
 

I. Africa before Parition
  A. New States and Stronger Empire
       1. Muslim leaders started new states in west Africa that depended on the
                heavy trade of the Sahara
       2. The Sokoto empire, in 1804, took over many small kingdoms in West
                Africa
       3. In 1819, Shaka and the Zulu Empire took over most of the southeastern
                Africa by using new kinds of spears
       4. Egypt gains land and prospers through the rule of Mohammed Ali and
                his grandson, Ismail
  B. New Trading Patterns
          1. Due to loss of slave trade, Africa offered major exports of Ivory and
                Palm Oil to industrial Europe

          2. In 1830 through 1848, france takes over Algeria and guides Tunisia
                and Morocco, gaining almost total control of the Barbary Coast
II. The Conquest of Africa
        A. The Berlin Conference
          1. The Berlin Conference, which included 12 European nations, the
                Ottoman Empire, and the US, decided that free trade and travel could
                occur on the Niger and Congo Rivers, and made it easier for European
                powers to take over parts of Africa
          2. No representative of Africa was present at the Berlin Conference

        E. Ethiopian Independence
          1. Ethiopia gained independence from Italy in 1896 in a battle in which
                Ethiopia defeated Italy

      III. European Rule of Africa
        A. Colonial Policies
          1. Most common type of rule was direct rule, where ruling country
                would replace African officials with their own
          2. The British used indirect rule, where native officials would handle day
                to day tasks
        B. Economic Domination
          1. Export of raw materials made up most of Africa's wealth
          2. The African people were taxed, and their workers were heavily
                mistreated
        C. The Impact on African Life
          1. The Europeans practiced Paternalism on what they considered to be
                the "childlike" African poeple
          2. racial discrimination was rampant
          3. Europeans gave some Africans they opportunity to gain access to
                higher education - they used this as a tool to regain their independence
 
 

         South African War Virtual Library

         The British Empire - 19th Century

         The British Empire - Map Room

         The Boer War Remembered Article

         Historic Times Quizzes    Sample Test Questions from Civilization in the West
 
 


 
 

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