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Attack of the Perials Aliens from the planet Peria have landed on Earth. Their technology is light-years beyond ours, and thus our defenses are no match to their advanced weaponry. They want to take our water supply for their cosmic slip-n-slide. So long as we comply and help them drain our oceans and lakes (working for 3 earth-cents an hour), they will let us live and impart some technological know-how upon us. What will you do? Accept? Attack? Some other strategy? Answer in a paragraph on a scratch piece of paper.
Unit Title:The Age of Imperialism 1800-1914 By Sam Irving
Imperialism Defined • BIG Idea: By the 1900s, a few European countries & the U.S. controlled nearly the entire world.
Imperialism :one country’s domination of the political, economic, and/or social life of another country.
Causes (4 Rs) • Rivalries among industrial nations for colonies. • Nationalism
Raw materials and new markets for the industrial revolution.
Religion: Christian missionaries • To civilize and bring Christ to the “heathen” primitives. • Do all religions seek converts?
Racism: Some felt white, Christian Europeans were the “fittest” people on earth and should spread. (Social Darwinism)
“The White Man’s Burden”By Rudyard Kipling, 1899 “Take up the White Man’s burden- Send forth the best ye breed- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness On fluttered fold and wild- Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child.”
Assignment • ELT: Analyze how forces of change have influenced societies throughout history. • Let’s reinforce the key terms and causes of imperialism. • “The West Moves East” • Reading and Crossword
Imperialism in Asia “The sun never sets on the British Empire.” What does that mean?
British in India • Discriminated against Indians & forced westernization (English & Christianity). • Forced a cash crop economy • Led to starvation • Between 1800-1900, 30 million Indians died of starvation. • Built an economic infrastructure • Roads, rails, & western schools
China • Chinese isolation kept industrial technology out. • British traded opium for Chinese goods. • Led to war, Chinese defeat, & European domination of China.
Japan Modernizes • Initially accepted unequal treaties with the west. • Gov’t encouraged home-grown industry (1870s) • Became an imperial power in Asia • Defeated Russia in the 1905 Russo-Japanese War.
Q: Which cause of imperialism does Japanese history support? • A: Raw materials and new markets for industry • Q: Which cause of imperialism does Japanese history refute? • A: Racism (Europeans being superior)
Assignment • ELT: Analyze how forces of tradition and change have altered societies throughout history. • Let’s look at one famous Chinese reaction to imperialism. • “The Boxer Rebellion” • Reading and Questions
Europeans went from the slave trade to exporting raw materials in the late 1800s. • In 1885, 14 European nations partitioned (divided) & claimed nearly all of Africa. • Irrespective of African cultures. • By 1914, European nations controlled 90% of Africa.
British acquire the Suez canal to reach India quickly. (1875)
Two Independent Nations • Liberia due to ties to the U.S. • Est. 1822 by free African Americans • Ethiopia due to the military leadership of Emperor Menelik II.
Essential Learning Target: Gathering, analyzing, and reconciling historical information, including contradictory data, from primary and secondary sources to support or reject hypotheses. • Let’s consider imperialism and Africa’s natural resources. • “Africa’s Natural Resources” Map Activity
Latin American Independence • BIG Idea: In the early 1800s, Latin Americans, inspired by Enlightenment ideas, sought to end Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule.
Spain and Portugal • Forced natives, then Africans, to labor farming cash crops. • Catholic Church converted natives and taught loyalty to the crown. • By 1800, the Catholic Church owned ½ the wealth of Latin America.
Colonial Social Structure • Peninsulares: Upper Class • European-born whites • held all political power • Creoles: Middle Class • Colonial-born whites • Owned land and businesses • Mestizos: Lower Class • Native & European descent, Natives, and Africans • Servants and unskilled labor
Which class was revolutionary? • Creoles were revolutionary. • Educated • Read Enlightenment philosophies • (John Locke)
Haiti • First independent state in Latin America. • Slave revolt in 1804.
Mexican Independence • Under Miguel Hidalgo, natives & mestizos unsuccessfully revolted against the Spanish in 1810. • Wealth Creoles claimed independence in 1821. • Central America soon followed.
South America • Simón Bolívar • Venezuelan Creole • Started a revolt in 1810. • By 1826, liberated all of South America. • Wanted a unified South America.
Challenges to Unity • Geography • Mountains & jungles hindered trade & unity. • Colonial Past • No practice in self-gov’t • Military dictatorships
Assignment • ELT: Analyze how forces of change have influenced societies. • Let’s take a look at one of Mexico’s most famous revolutionary. • Fransisco “Pancho” Villa • Guided Reading
American Imperialism • BIG Idea: By the mid-1800s, the U.S. replaced Spain as the imperial power in Latin America. • Included territorial expansion as well as modern economic imperialism.
Monroe Doctrine (1823) • Proclaimed Latin America a U.S. sphere of influence, excluding European imperial powers.
Mexican-American War (1846-48) • In 1845, Americans living in the Mexican state of Texas revolted. • U.S. soon annexed Texas • Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo • Gave ½ of Mexico’s land to the U.S.
"One is guilty of all abjection (injustice) that one does not help to relieve." • "Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness." • José Martí(Father of the Cuban Nation)
Spanish-American War 1898 • Cuba was a profitable Spanish colony controlled with brute force. • Cubans revolted • U.S. ousted Spain and U.S. business began influencing the Cuban gov’t. • Denying Cuban ind.
Other U.S. Gains • In 1898 American businessmen overthrew the Hawaiian Queen. • In 1904, T. R. took the Panama Canal through politics & Force. • To move the U.S. Navy between oceans to control its colonies.
Economic Imperialism • Beginning in 1898, U.S. military forces were sent to Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Columbia, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic to protect American financial interests.
L.A. countries became dependent on cash crop, export economies. • Sugar in Cuba • Coffee in Brazil • Bananas in Central America