Analyze+the+development+of+empire+(i.e.+general+empire+building+in+Asia,+Africa,+Europe+and+the+Americas)

Development of an Empire
 * Exploration begins: send out explorers...ex. Portuguese - Vasco de Gama [[image:http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/upload/img_400/BHC2702.JPG width="98" height="120" align="left" caption="maaahh boo"]]
 * Nationalistic Sentiment
 * Strong nationalistic sentiments enabled countries to mobilize their populations and resources for purposes of overseas colonization.
 * Colonization gave countries influence and power on the global stage and was viewed as an essential part of building a successful country.
 * Mass migration ... ex. Mayflower
 * Mass migration is to move into or come to live in a region or community especially as part of a large-scale and continuing movement of population
 * Form Relationships with surrounding natives
 * Example: When the English went into North America they became trusted by the natives and exploited the relationship to obtain food and resources.
 * Formation of colonies
 * Example: Europe set up economic settlements in Africa and Asia. Also they had people take up positions of authority to represent their country in the foreign area.
 * Settlers were often convicted prisoners or poverty stricken people looking for more opportunity and cheap land.
 * Industrialization – The organizational and technological changes that transformed agrarian economies into machine driven economies.
 * Industrialization gave countries the needed wealth to conquer other lands. [[image:http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/la/smokestack2.jpg width="155" height="128" align="right"]]
 * Military advancement- better weapons
 * Printing press- helped spread ideas to other regions/countries
 * Economic systems grow stronger
 * Examples: Cotton growing – Egypt; Rubber – Congo; Tea – India; Spices – East Asia
 * Development of Thought
 * Example: The Enlightenment allowed for a new way of thinking resulting in change in different aspects of society such as government. Some other examples include the Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution.
 * Seize Political Power
 * [[image:http://cyberlog.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/natives-with-spears1.jpg width="191" height="119" align="left" caption="sarongs? "]]Countries displaced the existing governments in areas they conquered in order to further their profits and “civilize the natives”.
 * Example: King Leopold II of Belgium originally created the Congo Free State as a free trade colony. Eventually became political colony with forced labor. [[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/1569203464_25be3c5689.jpg width="126" height="118" align="right" caption="i like your beard"]]

Created By: Chad Mata, Glory Norman, Nicole Davies Evaluated by Kendall Hoshko and Niki Kruger. The information was very interesting, you have a lot of examples and I like the pictures. Also Evaluated by Alexis Morabito. love all the examples. question what is maaahh boo? and unless you know for sure who the group of poeple are, i wouldn't put their name. all in all- it was good. nice job! This is another page that someone did, over the same topic a couple years ago, that might help with more info: http://apworld.wikispaces.com/Compare+the+effects+of+the+World+War+II+on+areas+outside+of+Europe