IMPERIALISM

1870-1914

Began in the United Satates and Germany

New energy sources

New insdustries

Transport and communications

Financial capitalism

New production techniques, assembly-lines

In the 19 century, European powers wanted a colonial empire

British Empire

The largest and richest.

Quarter of the Earth's surface and population

Most important colony was India

France

1830 established a new colonial empire

Territories in Africa, Indochina and islands

Most important colony was Algeria

Three empires were decline

The Ottoma

Russian

Austro-Hungarian

Africa was important!

Annexation of India

Made Britain the most powerful

Economic and strategic
power.

Germany, United States and Japan

Beginning to
compete industrially with Britain.

France wanted to regain lost power

Britain was in a privileged position

AFRICA COULD PROVIDE

Diamonds

Cloves and Spices

Gold

Ivory

Cooper

Slave labour

Rubber

Need for colonies was creating tensions between countries

Berlin in 1885

Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck arranged a conference

Fourteen countries atended

1914

90% of the African continent was under European control

In the late 19th century, the process of industrialisation continued

Biggest industrial producers

Germany

Europe’s leading industrial producer

Due to its
powerful iron and steel industry

United States

Had industrialised rapidly in the second half of the 19th
century.

Japan

Built its own factories

established banks

introduced measures

IMPERIALISM

Late 19th and early 20th centuries

Developed countries took
control of the other regions

THE COLONIAL EMPIRES

The British Empire

Important possesions

India

Australia

The French Empire

Colonies in

Africa

Asia

CAUSES OF IMPERIAL EXPANSION

Economic and demographic reasons

New markets

Raw materials

Colonial products

Overpopulation

Rivalry between the powers

Prestige

Powerful

Strategic

Race to control

The Myth Of The Superior Race

Racist and nationalist attitudes

War