CHAPTER 17

1. CHAPTER 17 The Age of Imperialism Section 2:European Claims in North Africa Objectives: Explain why the French wanted to gain control of North Africa. Identify the events and aims that promoted British expansion in North and East Africa.

2. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Bell Ringer 17.2: What are some characteristics of the regions taken over by France? Tunis Algiers Morocco

3. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa “France . . . cannot be merely a free country . . . she ought topropagate [spread] [her] influence throughout the world andcarry everywhere that she can her language, her customs,her flag, and her genius.” France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs 1883

4. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa In 1830 France began to expand its Second Empire looking towardNorth Africa - Algiers – a Muslim state of the Ottoman Empire 40 years of almostcontinuous rebellions Many French andEuropeans would settle inAlgiers and French officialstook over.

5. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Tunisia 1881 ~ unlike Algiers, Tunisia became a French protectorate

6. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Morocco Very important because of the Straitof Gibraltar Made a protectorate of France 1912

7. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa The British in North Africa 1854 ~ French began SuezCanal http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=75163

8. Visual Source European Claims in North Africa

9. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa 1882 REBELLION! British navy attacks Alexandria ~ troops are sent to the Suez Canal. British protectorate until 1922. GB will occupy the Suez until 1954.

10. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Fashoda Crisis Between 1881and 1885, Muhammad Ahmed al-Mahdi led a successful revolt against Egypt in the Sudan. The British defeated the rebels in 1898 and set up a protectorate over the Sudan.

11. Visual Source European Claims in North Africa

12. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa

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14. SECTION 2 European Claims in North Africa Algiers Tunis inhabitants worked against French rule French forces appropriated land Barbary States gave French an excuse for intervention fought against local rebellions protectorate Morocco

15. CHAPTER 26 Chapter Wrap-Up • 1. What evidence is there that an industrialized country can control a country that is not industrialized? • 2. What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized because they met the transportation needs of other, more powerful countries? • 3. What evidence is there to show that areas were colonized for natural resources?