IMPERIALISM 1850-1914

HOW AND WHY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CREATED

COLONIES AROUND THE WORLD

THERE ARE 4

M.A.I.N REASONS FOR

IMPERIALISM

(TO GET)

TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES

Industrially produced goods flooded colonial markets and displaced their traditional industries.

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U.S.-OPEN DOOR POLICY-INSISTED U.S. HAVE EQUAL TRADING RIGHTS

OPIUM WARS in CHINA-1839-1860

•  Britain was exporting opium into China. •  Many Chinese were becoming addicted. •  Fought a war-China lost. •  China agreed to allow Britain to have more

ports.

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Global Imperialism

3. Egypt (Suez Canal). Egypt is in Africa •  French built the Suez Canal trade easier

between EUROPE and ASIA using Mediterranean and Red Seas

•  Egypt became a protectorate of BRITAIN

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Indian Resistance to British Rule

•  Indian National Congress-urged Britain to give equal rights to Indians and to let participate in gov’t.

•  Mohandas Gandhi-most famous leader of Congress

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