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Title: IMPERIALISM


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IMPERIALISM
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REASONS FOR IMPERIALISM
  • THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION LED TO A SEARCH FOR NEW
    MARKETS AND RAW MATERIALS
  • SENSE OF NATIONAL PRIDE
  • RACISM IS THE BELIEF THAT ONE RACE IS SUPERIOR TO
    ANOTHER
  • EACH COUNTRY WAS DETERMINED TO PLANT ITS FLAG ON
    AS MUCH OF THE WORLD AS POSSIBLE

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REASONS FOR IMPERIALISM
  • SOCIAL DARWINISM
  • IDEAS ABOUT SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST AND EVOLUTION
    WERE APPLIED TO SOCIAL CHANGE
  • DESIRE TO END SLAVERY
  • DESIRE TO SPREAD CHRISTIANITY

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CECIL RHODES
  • I CONTEND THAT WE (BRITONS) ARE THE FINEST RACE
    IN THE WORLD, AND THE MORE OF THE WORLD WE
    INHABIT, THE BETTER IT IS FOR THE HUMAN
    RACE..
  • 1877 CONFESSION OF FAITH

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FORCES ENABLING IMPERIALIM
  • MAXIM GUN 1889
  • STEAM ENGINE
  • QUININE
  • DISUNITY AMONGST AFRICANS
  • VARIETY OF AFRICAN CULTURES AND LANGUAGES

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IMPERIALISTS DIVIDE AFRICA
  • 1860
  • CONGO SPARKS INTEREST
  • DR. LIVINGSTONE FOUND BY MR STANLEY MADE
    HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD
  • BERLIN CONFERENCE 1884 EUROPE DIVIDED UP AFRICA
    BETWEEN THEM 14 COUNTRIES

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SOUTH AFRICA
  • CLASHES BETWEEN ZULUS, DUTCH, AND ENGLISH
  • BOERS -ARRIVED IN 1652
  • DUTCH -BOERS THOUGHT OF THEMSELVES AS A WHITE
    TRIBE
  • BRITISH TOOK OVER CAPE COLONY 1800S
  • 1830 BOER WENT ON GREAT TREK NORTH TO GET AWAY
    FROM BRITISH

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  • DIAMONDS WERE FOUND AND ENGLISH SETTLERS FLOODED
    IN
  • 1899 BOERS TOOK UP ARMS AGAINST BRITISH
  • FIRST TOTAL WAR
  • BRITISH WON
  • 1902 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA CONTROLLED BY BRITISH
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