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Imperialism Quiz Page 2. French Colonial Empire - 1905. Ignore these parts. German Colonial Empire. Japanese Colonial Empire. Dutch (Netherlands) Colonial Empire. Belgian Colonial Empire. Spanish Colonial Empire. Portuguese Colonial Empire. U.S. Colonial Empire.
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French Colonial Empire - 1905 Ignore these parts
Percentage of world controlled by colonial empiresc. 1914 Others: Portuguese 1% Dutch 1.4% German 1.6% Italian 1.8% Belgian 1.6%
Battle of Adowa, 1896 Menelik II of Ethiopia defeats Italian Invaders
Who is this person? • Queen Victoria of England • Reign - June 1837 to January 1901 • Period of rule known as the Victorian era • Ruled during peak of Industrial Revolution • Expanded British Empire • Ruled over most powerful nation in the world The grandmother of Europe
By what right do they [British merchants] . . . use the poisonous drug [opium] to injure the Chinese people? . . . I have heard that the smoking of opium is very strictly forbidden by your country; that is because the harm caused by opium is clearly understood. Since it is not permitted to do harm to your own country, then even less should you let it be passed on to the harm of other countries.LIN ZEXU, quoted in China’s Response to the West
Direct vs. Indirect Rule European nations chose one of two different paths when it came to colonial rule: • Indirect rule: colonies were given a degree of internal autonomy • Example: Nigeria • Direct rule: the colony was directly administered by the colonizer • Example: Senegal