D9.+Analyze+the+legacies+of+imperialism+with+respect+to+economic,+social+and+cultural+changes+outside+of+Europe


 * __Negative Legacies of Imperialism for the Colonized:__**

· **Decrease in amount of land** held by non-Westerners: from 65% of the earth’s surface in 1800 to 15% in 1914

**·** **Economic Effects** o Colonies exploited for labor and raw products to benefit European economies o Non-European states changed into being producers of one or two primary products for export into another country rather than producing goods for their own country. Example: India went from making its own cost-efficient textiles to producing raw cotton for Britain o Introduction of new crops transformed the landscape and social order of subject lands. Example: Britain introduced Chinese tea bushes to Ceylon, and the island’s trees were taken down, forests were transformed into plantations, and thousands of Ceylonese women were recruited to serve as laborers on the plantations.

· Non-Europeans were viewed as **morally and culturally inferior**: more racism o **Scientific Racism** o Popular Racism

· Non-Europeans experienced a **decrease in power** as they were dominated by European nations

· **“****Scramble for Africa****”** led to arbitrary political boundaries created by Europeans to divide up the continent. These long-lasting boundary lines remain today and are a main cause for many of the civil wars taking place in Africa currently.


 * __Positive Legacies of Imperialism for Colonized__**

· Better **infrastructure**

· Brought **farming** methods and technologies and **new crops** leading to more food, a population surge (despite violence caused by Europeans), and longer life spans · **Tightened links among the world’s peoples:** o Exploitation in the natural resources of subject lands caused a surge in global trade and mass migrations of workers, often recruited indentured laborers from Asia and Africa. These changes lead to an even more integrated world than ever before. o Nationalism
 * ·** More **industrialized** technologies
 * ·** **Colonial rule causes subject nations to develop a sense of their own identities**


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[] Created by: Melissa Roetker

=Vocab Review!= (reinforced by ^^**Rudyard Kipling**^^ (1864-1936)- and coined the term the "white mans burden"- and stated the Euros as people who were suppose to bring enlightenment to native lands)
 * **//Mission Civilisatrice//-**was the French imperialist reasoning for there justification of expansion in Africa and Asia
 * [[image:http://www.old-picture.com/american-history-1900-1930s/pictures/Rudyard-Kipling.jpg width="94" height="134" caption="http://www.old-picture.com/american-history-1900-1930s/pictures/Rudyard-Kipling.jpg"]]
 * **[|Imperialism] -**the term associated with the expansion of European powers and their conquest and mainly from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.
 * **Modern colonialism-**the act of not just only settling in a colonial land but also sending the political, social, economic and cultural structures of the dominate powers
 * **Cecily Rhodes**- (1853-1902)-he worked on British behalf for imperial expansion. He made the profound statement that imperialism is the alternative to civil war
 * **[|Suez Canal] -**in Egypt and connected the Mediterrain and Red Sea. Opened in November of 1869/ **[|Panama Canal] -**joins the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean- **Both** of these canals opened up European travel to Africa and Asia for easier access to their colonies
 * **Weapons/inventions Europeans had to keep/and advance their imperial powers**- Muskets, rifle guns, [|Maxim Gun]-(a light and powerful weapon that fired eleven bullets per second), Steamships, Sailing ships, telegraph wires
 * **^^Scramble for Africa^^-**stated Above but heres a fun picture I found :)
 * **"Great Game"**-what British agents referred to-It was the act of Russia and British explorers venturing into parts of Central Asia never visited by Europeans. They sent in explorers to seek alliances with local rulers and map out terrains. The "Game" came about as the British were looking for ways to defend their holdings in India while the Russians were looking to expand there. The collapse of the tsarist government in Russia ensured the contest never took place, but it still brought most of Central Asia into Russian empire
 * **Fredrck D. Lugard**-he was the driving force behind British indirect rule in Africa. Author of //the Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa//-this book discussed the advantages of control over indigenious institutions. He thought to leave tribal laws but in some states where the indigenous peoples law was to complicated that had to inforce "tribal boundaries" or "tribal authorities"
 * **Captain James Cook**-traveled into the South mainly Australia and claimed int suitable for settlement, specifically Botany Bay. pushed many of hte natives out of their land in Ausralia and New Zealand. The Pacific islands did not have the same fate. Pacific islands didn't deal with as much of the indirect rule
 * **[|Spanish-Cuban-American War (Spanish American War)-]**came about when the U.S. battleship //Maine// exploded in the Habana habor. The Americans thought it was sabatage so they claimed war against Spain. The U.S. easily destroyed the Spanish fleet and took possession of Guam and the Philippines where they established colonial rule.

[|**http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/history/imperialism_colonialism.htm**]
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 * Created by: Moriah Grant**

__Summary​ __

The rise of Imperialism through the exploitation of non European people's by Westerners caused economic, social, and political decrease for the colonized lands. Africa, India, and many Asian lands like China were hit the hardest by imperialism by colonization. __The Scramble for Africa__ is a term used to talk about European nations exploiting Africa such as the fight for diamonds in South Africa or the cruel treatment of the Congolese by the Belgians for rubber. India suffered from the British tea and cotton industries for many years, this also is where the British grew __Opium__. Opium, a very powerful drug changed the economy of China, the __Opium Wars__ also weakened China who would suffer greatly through the 19th and 20th centuries. All of these lands were also hit hard by colonies which was a main affector of social decrease in these lands. Socially, every nation had changed after the influence of Western society had exploited them the influence of trade especially brought new traditions to countries. Chinese people became addicted to Opium with British support, Indian peoples tried to fight back like in the __Sepoy Rebellion__, but they were unsuccessful. African people weren't given much choice so they were used by the colonies to secure their goods. All of these were social influences that brought about many unsuccessful rebellions yet __Nationalism__ was right around the corner. Even though Nationalism was on its way political influence by Europeans had already been residing with the foreign peoples for maybe years.

Created by: Paul

Evaluated by: Niki Kruger and Kendall Hoshko I loved the links to other readings, the vocab review, and the summary. It was very well written, and I really enjoyed the pictures, nice job! :)

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