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Todays Standards

• SS6H6 The student will analyze the impact of
  European exploration and colonization on various
  world regions.
• d. Explain the impact of European empire building
  in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of WWI.

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Intro to ourEssential Question(s)..

• How did the existence of large European colonial
  empires in Africa and Asia impact the outbreak of
  WWI?

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(R30)European Empires
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The Emergence of Nationalism

• The industrial revolution combined with the
  expansion of European colonial/imperial
  possessions made many European countries very
  wealthy.
• You could say that European leaders felt a sense
  of power superiority when comparing themselves
  to other people/places.

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The Spread of Nationalism

• During the 1800s nationalism was sweeping
  through Europe.
• Nationalism is the extreme love of ones country
  as being more important superior to other
  nations.
• Nationalism would influence the actions of many
  national citizens and leaders between the
  mid-1800s mid-1900s.

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The Spread of Nationalism

• One of the reasons that nationalism became so
  widespread in Europe during this time was because
  many of the nations of Europe had adopted some
  form of democratic government.
• For the first time, many Europeans were able to
  participate in the governance of their country.
• This made people proud to be a citizen of their
  nation.

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Changing Governments

• For centuries, Absolute monarchs (kings queens)
  had unlimited power in the countries they ruled.
• Taking the example of the American French
  Revolutions, citizens in many different European
  countries began to demand the right to vote and
  wanted limited governments.

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Constitutional Monarchies

• Many of the countries of Europe didnt want to
  ditch their kings and queens all together, but
  merely to limit their power.
• Constitutional monarchies were established, in
  which a country had a monarch, but also had an
  elected body to make and enforce laws.
• The UK is still a constitutional monarchy.

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European Empires (1914)

• By 1914, many western European countries-including
  France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany,
  Belgium had many colonies in Asia, Africa, the
  Americas.

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Empires

• These colonial empires were very important to the
  European countries that ruled them.
• They were a source of great wealth and status.
• This is commonly referred to as colonialism or
  imperialism.

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The Industrial Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution was a period of change
  beginning in the late 18th century (1700s),
  during which goods began to be produced/manufactur
  ed using power-driven machines.

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The Industrial Revolution

• This revolution mainly began in western Europe
  (Starting in the UK) later spread to North
  America.
• This enabled imperialist countries to turn the
  raw materials from the colonies into goods for
  sale at a rapid pace.
• It also enabled them to build large modern armies
  navies influenced the invention of more
  effective weapons of war, like battleships,
  submarines, tanks, machine guns, artillery
  weapons

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Defending Empires

• The colonial powers of Europe depended heavily on
  their colonies for raw materials (natural
  resources) labor (human resources).
• As a result, they built up their armies and
  navies to defend their possessions from other
  European powers.
• They were also used to crush pesky rebellions.

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Eastern Europe

• Though western Europe was industrialized, eastern
  Europe remained mostly agricultural.
• These eastern European countries imported most of
  their manufactured goods from northern western
  Europe.

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Austria-Hungary

• The 2nd largest empire in eastern Europe around
  1900 was Austria-Hungary.
• It was a dual monarchy, in which one ruler
  governs two nations.
• Its territory included parts of modern day
  Austria, Hungary, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Slovenia,
  Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, Poland, Romania.

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To Prevent War?

• Many of the nations of Europe decided to sign
  military alliances with one another to prevent
  outsiders from declaring war.
• For example
• I have an alliance with France.so if you want
  to fight me, youll have to fight France as
  well.
• This was meant to discourage armed conflict in
  Europe create peace.
• Everybody wanted the good time to continue to
  roll

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To Prevent War?

• This web of alliances posed one simple problem
• If any of those nations got into a war, all the
  rest would be pulled in.
• One tiny spark could cause all of Europe to blow
  up in war.

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Formula for Disaster

• Europe around 1900
• Everybody thinks theyre the best (nationalism)
• Everybody has huge armies navies (colonial
  defense)
• Predictions

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Return to ourEssential Question(s)..

• How did the existence of large European colonial
  empires in Africa and Asia impact the outbreak of
  WWI?