History Imperalism

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Bullionalism

• Wealth based on the amount of precious metals one owns (the idea that the only true measure of a country's wealth and success was the amount of gold that it had

Merchantlism

Wealth is limited (maximize the exports/ limit imports)

colony

• A country or a territory governed internally by a foreign power

Protectorate-

• A country or territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power

Sphere of Influence

• An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges

Economic Imperialism-

• An independent but less-developed country controlled by private business interests rather than other governments

Social Darwinism –

• “natural” for technologically advanced “superior” societies to conquer those who were not

“White Man’s Burden” –

• racist, superior belief that white men have a duty to “civilize” “savages” throughout Asia, Africa, & Latin America

Imperalism in Afrcia led to what

Dieases, new tech,

Berlin confrence

• Meeting of All European Powers

  • Rules for Division of Africa

  • Territorial Claims

  • Waterways Remain Neutral

    • No African Nations Invited

  • 1914 Only Independentt Nations

King Leopard II

king of belgium, known for rubber terror.

• Indian Resources

• Tea

• Indigo

• Coffee

• Cotton

• Jute (Rope)

• Opium

• U.S.S. Maine Explosion

• Spanish American War

  • Cuban Independence 

• Spain Forfeits to the United States

  • Puerto Rico

  • Guam

  • The Philippines