i ii iii i ii iii i i i ii A Imperialism 1 Patterns 1 Conquering of one group by another A Use of armies and resources a Not dependent on how large one s mother country is 2 British Empire 1 Growing because of commerce A India a Viceroy b With India British was extremely powerful and wealthy Acts in place of a king Used for romantic reasons Before the EIC used to run the area Buying and selling Trade in livestock Produced wealth through commerce Geography Prestige Wealth Power Close to Australia Close to Suez Egypt Close to SE Asia Vital trading areas B Need for empire a Politicians knew they needed an empire Needed to keep India b Missionary works People were willing to go into foreign nations and evangelize c People had ambition to go exploring Individual people who went off to discover Return back in triumph Get prestige wealthy and power 3 Imperial powers 1 America A Didn t formally start imperialism a No legislation or presidential orders b Embarrassing i We were a Republic with an empire 2 France A Napoleon a Nearly took control of all of Europe b France recouped military prestige B Empire before WWI a Mostly in Africa i ii France still largely spoken Algeria Most valuable Most modernized 3 Germany 4 A Got in late Italy A Desperately wanted to be seen as big a Motivated to join the triple alliance i Conscious of status b Got Libya and a few other parts in Africa c Were defeated by Abyssinian Ethiopians 5 Portugal A West Africa a Modern Angola 4 Rivalry 1 Rivalry over empire A Germany i i ii iii i ii a Had not existed until late 1800s b Most potent military power Initially had a small empire in Africa c Creation of rivalry and tension Some nations had more colonies than others Became the 2nd most industrialized power in Europe Has not been a war in 3 generations Started late in the 1800s The Napoleonic wars B Technology a Believed to be able to solve all of man s problems b Also built all of the weapons Dreadnoughts Dangerous weapons that killed people fast Machine gas Land mines Gas Grenade c Arms race helped tensions rise between nations 2 Economic Rivalry A Trading between nations a b If nations trade they don t fight In favor of free trade B Britain a Originally had no tariffs Then became disadvantaged People were resistant to tariffs because it would raise cost of living i ii 3 Ambition A Desire for more empire Italy a b France c Russia i ii Austria called out Russia s bluff with an alliance with France Russia couldn t fight because army and government was in disarray B War 1 Significant impacts 1 Good or bad A Nobility of war 2 WWI C Nationalism 1 Ideas 1 a Putting your life in danger for others
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