Imperialism Notes

Imperialism

Key Colonial Powers (circa 1492 & later)

  • England/UK
  • France
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Russia/USSR
  • Ottoman Empire/Turkey
  • Denmark

Global Resources and Trade

  • North America: Wood, Furs
  • West Indies: Sugar, Rum
  • South America: Coffee, Cotton, Silver
  • Amsterdam: (Likely a trade hub)
  • Asia: Carpets, Spices, Silk, Tea, Tabak, Textiel, Rijst
  • Africa: Gold, Slaves, Diamonds, Oil, Uranium, Petroleum, Timber, Coffee (Also described as how the rest of the world is stealing all the goods in the name of Democracy)
  • Australia: Gold, Phosphates, Iron Ore
  • Caylen:
  • East Indies:
  • Maundus:
  • Other: Clothing & Textiles, Fish, Grains, Food/Drink, Metal/Minerals, Precious Metals/Minerals, Wood Products, Textile/Apparel, Machinery/Transportation, Electronics Related

19th Century European Migration

  • Canada: 2.3 million European migrants in the 19th century
  • United States: 33.6 million migrants (1821-1920), with 40% of Canada's migrants also going to the US
  • South America: 3.6 million migrants
  • Cape Colony: 160,000 migrants (to 1888)
  • Algeria: 764,000 migrants
  • Australia & New Zealand: 2 million migrants

Territorial Waters Example: Gibraltar

  • Spanish Territorial Waters
  • Gibraltar is located in Spain
  • Moroccan Territorial Waters
  • High Seas
  • Median Line

Map of Africa Exploration

  • Map showing the forest plateau of Africa.
  • Explorations by Dr. Livingstone (1851-1873).
  • Mentions other explorers like D. Schweinfurth, Sir S. Baker, and Speke.
  • Key locations: Victoria Nyanza, L. Kamalondo, L. Bangweolo, Zambesi River mouths.

Social Commentary & Visuals

  • Images of Coca-Cola, Nestle, McDonald's logos.
  • Racist depictions and text in old advertisements.

Cultural arrogance vs. cultural relativism

  • An American Indian leader "discovering" Italy to make a point about Columbus and cultural arrogance.
  • Concept of ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism.

Evolution of pop music

  • Diagram of the family tree of pop music genres.
  • Key influences: Jazz, Ragtime, Blues, Gospels, European march music, Folk, Hillbilly.
  • Development of Rock 'n Roll, R&B, Soul, Ska, Reggae, Punk, Hip Hop, Techno, etc.

Forms of Imperial Control

  • Annexation
  • Dominion
  • Protectorate
  • Influencing independent or semi-independent states.

Major Colonial Powers (circa 1900)

  • Great Britain
  • France
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Portugal
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • Ottoman Empire
  • United States

Africa in colonial times

  • Map of Africa showing colonial territories: French West Africa, British Somaliland, Belgian Congo, etc.
  • Mentions independent states: Liberia, Ethiopia.

Berlin Conference (1884-1885)

  • Bismarck at the Berlin Conference (partition of Africa).

Current African Countries

  • Modern map showing countries such as Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, etc.

Further analysis about colonialism around the world

  • Cartoon depicting Russia, China, Japan fishing with Alaska and South America in the background.
  • Allusion to the Monroe Doctrine.

Propaganda in the Belgian Kongo

  • "Who goes with us to Verapas? There we do not have to work; eat and drink at your ease, sleep like a pig."

Human rights abuses

  • Two youths of the Equator district. The hands of Mola, seated, have been destroyed Wynne after being tied too tightly by soldiers.

Logos of United Nations