Warm Up

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Warm Up

• Independently, answer the following questions
• List four reasons for the beginning of
  Imperialism
  
• Explain each reason

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Asian Imperialism

• 3.15

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Map

• Look at the map on page 431 and complete the
  following
  
• Label the countries of Asia, including Australia,
  China, Japan, and Korea
  
• Create a key for each nation that claimed
  colonies
  
• Color each colony claimed during Imperialism

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Colonial Takeover in Asia

• Imperialism also affected Asia
• By 1900, the entire area was under Western rule
• The process began with the British
• The British established a colony called
  Singapore
  
• Due to its location, Singapore became a stopping
  point for ships traveling to and from China
  
• The British also established a colony in Burma

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Colonial Takeover in Asia

• The British advance in Asia worried the French
• France forced Vietnam to become a protectorate
• In the 1880s France extended its control over
  other nations in the areas
  
• Frances possessions were united into French
  Indochina

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Colonial Takeover in Asia

• After the conquest of Indochina, only Siam
  remained independent
  
• British and French ambitions threatened to place
  Siam under colonial rule
  
• In 1896, Britain and France agreed to allow Siam
  to remain independent, buffer state

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Colonial Takeover in Asia

• The final conquest of Southeast Asia occurred at
  the end of the nineteenth century
  
• During the Spanish-American War, US forces under
  Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish in
  the Battle of Manila Bay
  
• The US decided to make the Philippines a colony
• The islands gave the US a jumping-off point to
  trade with China

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Colonial Takeover in Asia

• President McKinley thought it was his moral
  obligation to civilize the world
  
• The Filipinos did not agree and began to organize
  independence movements
  
• US forces quickly defeated the rebels and secured
  the Philippines for the US

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Colonial Regimes

• Western powers chief goal was to exploit the
  natural resources and open new markets in their
  colonies
  
• To justify their actions, they often said they
  were bringing the benefits of Western
  civilization to their colonial subjects

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Colonial Regimes

• Sometimes, Western powers cooperated with local
  rulers
  
• In these cases, indirect rule was utilized
• Under indirect rule, local rulers kept their
  power in a colonial setting
  
• Indirect rule allowed the Western powers to keep
  the cost of governing the colonies down
  
• Indirect rule also had less of an impact on the
  local culture

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Colonial Regimes

• Officials of the Dutch East India Co. allowed
  local aristocrats to control local government
  
• These local rulers maintained law and order as
  well as collected taxes
  
• In return, they received a small wage from the
  Dutch East India Co.

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Colonial Regimes

• Indirect rule was not always possible, especially
  in areas where locals resisted foreign control
  
• In such cases, local rulers were removed
• Western nations used direct rule to maintain
  their colonies
  
• Under direct rule, local rulers were removed and
  replaced with officials from the mother country

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Colonial Regimes

• Britain used direct rule in Burma
• The French also used it in their colonies in
  French Indochina
  
• Many Western nations spoke of introducing
  capitalism and democracy to their people
  
• However, many people feared allowing the natives
  political rights

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Colonial Regimes

• Colonial policy stressed the export of raw
  materials from the colonies
  
• In many cases, this led to plantation
  agriculture
  
• Peasants worked as wage laborers on plantations
  owned by foreign investors

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Colonial Regimes

• Plantation owners kept wages at poverty levels to
  increase their profits
  
• Conditions were often so unhealthy on the
  plantations that thousands died
  
• In addition, high taxes to pay for colonial
  governments were a burden to the peasants

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Colonial Regimes

• Colonial rule did bring some benefit to Asia
• Modern economic systems began to emerge
• Colonial governments built railroads and highways

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Resistance to Colonial Rule

• Many people in Asia were unhappy at being
  governed by Western powers
  
• At first, resistance came from the existing
  ruling class
  
• Other times, revolts were in the form of peasant
  revolts

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Resistance to Colonial Rule

• Peasants often lost their land to plantations
  owners
  
• Many times, Europeans had to put down peasant
  revolts
  
• Early resistance movements failed, but a new form
  of resistance emerged in the twentieth century

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Resistance to Colonial Rule

• The new resistance took the form of nationalism
• Many intellectuals first tried to defend the
  economic interests and religious beliefs of the
  natives
  
• By the 1930s, the resistance movements began to
  demand national independence

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Poster

• Independently, create a poster supporting or
  attacking Imperialism
  
• Your poster should include
• A catchy slogan
• Five reasons, in sentence form, for your beliefs
• A picture supporting your beliefs
• On the back, write one paragraph explaining why
  you feel the way you do