The Colonization of Australia by the United Kingdom

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The Colonization of Australia by the United
Kingdom
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What were the four reasons for the British to
colonize Australia?

• British wanted to relieve overcrowding in Great
  Britains jails.
• British government recognized the importance of
  having its navy stationed in Australia in the
  southern hemisphere.
• The British viewed Australia as an economic base
  to expand trade.
• The British government did not want its rivals to
  start a colony on the Australian continent.

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Colonization of Australia

• Question
• Who claimed Australia for Great Britain?
• Answer
• James Cook

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Colonization of Australia

• Question
• Which coast of Australia did James Cook claim for
  England in 1770?
• Answer
• Eastern

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Colonization of Australia

• Question
• What type of people were the first British
  colonists in Australia?
• Answer
• Prisoners

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Colonization of Australia

• Question
• Why was there a need to establish this new penal
  colony?
• Answer
• Georgia was established as a penal colony and it
  was no longer a colony of Great Britain.

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The impact of European Empire Building in Africa
and Asia on the outbreak of World War I
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What were the reasons for the Scramble for
Africa?

• Economic development Europe needed new
  sources of raw materials
• Resources such as gold, diamonds, and oil.
• Politics European nations showed national pride
  by competing for colonies in Africa.

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Reasons for the Scramble Cont.

• European worldwide view Europeans viewed
  themselves as the worlds most advanced
  civilization. Felt it was necessary to civilize
  people in the rest of the world.

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The impact on Africa

• Questions
• Explain how economics played a role in European
  colonies in the nineteenth century.
• Answer
• Europe wanted more sources of raw materials
  needed for manufacturing.

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The impact on Africa

• Question
• What role did nationalism play in Europes
  competition to colonize Africa and Asia?
• Answer
• Europeans felt a need to civilize other parts
  of the world. Having more colonies made countries
  feel more powerful.

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The impact on Africa

• What war was a result of militarism and
  nationalism in the late nineteenth and early
  twentieth centuries?
• Answer
• World War I
• Which group of nations formed the Central Powers?
• Answer
• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (Turkey
  and its colonies), and Bulgaria

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Use the map The impact on Africa

• Questions
• During the Scramble for Africa during the late
  nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which
  two European powers controlled the most African
  land?
• Answer
• Great Britain and France

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The impact on Africa

• Question
• What physical feature covered most of French West
  Africa?
• Answer
• desert
• Question
• Which European power controlled most of northwest
  Africa during the colonial era?
• Answer
• France