Imperialism
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Creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination
The Age of Imperialism
Started around 1870
generally refers to activities of:
The Countries:
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States of America
in the mid 19th and 20th centuries
The Scramble for Africa
Racism
Boer War
Imperialism
Because Africa seen like raw material source
Gold
Diamond
Rubber
Social Darwinism
Berlin Conference
Shaka
Boer
Empires
The British Empire
The largest Empire of all history
one quarter of earth's population
almost one quarter of land area
"The Sun never sets on the British Empire
French colonial empire
From 17th century to 1960s
In the 19th and 20th century, 2nd largest
Established in North America, Caribbean, and India
In 19th century new empire in Africa and S.E. Asia
Belgium colonial empire
Between 1901 and 1962
Belgian Congo
Rwanda
Burundi
By Leopold II King of Belgium
It was his private property and the most cruel colony
German colonial possessions
By Bismarck
During the 1880s
In Africa and Pacific
Sent missionaries
Portugal
Cape Verde
São Tomé and Príncipe
Guinea-Bissau
Angola
Mozambique
Spain
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Spanish East Indies
Pacific islands
Spanish Guinea
Spanish Sahara
Spanish Moroco
The Canary islands
Ceuta
Melilla
Italian colonial empire
Eritrea
Somalia
Libya
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