Comparing Imperialism 1750-1900
Cam Rohner
Indirect Imperialism
What Method was Used to Imperialize?
Great Britain, Germany, Portugal, France
Which Countries Imperialized
Diamonds, Ivory, Palm Oil, Timber, and Rubber
Which Resources did They Want?
Not Well
How did the Natives Respond
Started to kill their cattle and destroy their crops trying to sacrifice their lands to make the spirits remove the Europeans
Taiping Rebellion
Death and Famine
British remained
Result
Sudanese Islamic clerk declared himself the “Madhi” to try and expel the Egyptian and British rulers from Sudan
The Madhi
British tried to gain the Asante under thei control for the golden stool, Yaa Asantewaa led rebellion on the brutish and failed, Yaa Asantewaa was exiled, and Asante became the Gold Coast
Yaa Asantewaa War
Indirect Imperialism
What Method was Used to Imperialize?
Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Russia
Which Countries Imperialized
Tea, Silk, and Porcelain
Which Resources did They Want?
Not Well
How did the Natives Respond
The Boxer Rebellion
An attempt to drive out all the foreigners
Couldn’t figure out who they hated more, their own government or the foreigners
China was still able to maintain a government but it held no power
Government Held No Power
Taiping Rebellion
Filed attempt to overthrow the Quing dynasty
Gave Europe more control over China's economy
Indirect Imperialism
What Method was Used to Imperialize?
Great Britain
Which Countries Imperialized
Cotton, Silk, Dye, Saltpetre, and Tea
Which Resources did They Want?
Not Well
How did the Natives Respond
The British India Conflict of 1857
Excessive taxation, mismanagement, racist regulation, continuing disrespect for local and religious customs
Causes
Having to use animal grease on their ammunition
Final Straw
Outcomes
-50,000 sepoys had died
-100,000 civilians killed by British in efforts to put down the rebellion and take revenge
-major famine
-East India Company no longer governed India
-East India Company dissolved by the British
-British Queen Victoria became sole sovereign and India became an official colony of the British for nearly 100 years
Southeastern Asia/Oceania
Southeastern Asia/Oceania
What Method was Used to Imperialize?
Southeastern Asia:
Indirect Imperialism
Oceania:
Direct Imperialism
Great Britain and France
Which Countries Imperialized
Which Resources did They Want?
Spices
Originally a Penal Colony, Gold, Sapphires, Opal, Coal, and Iron
Not Well
How did the Natives Respond
Didn’t want to be imperialized
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Vietnam Resistance:
-Leader exiled and rebellion put down
Philippines Resisted:
-Spanish-American War shifted control to the US with the
Treaty of Paris
Oceania
Epidemic Disease Spread
Most Indigenous People Wiped Out Before Settlement Frontier
Oceania
Filed attempt to overthrow the Quing dynasty
Gave Europe more control over China's economy
Latin America
Latin America
Indirect Imperialism
What Method was Used to Imperialize?
United States, Spain, France, Portugal
Which Countries Imperialized
Bananas, Gold, Silver, Land
Which Resources did They Want?
Not Well
How did the Natives Respond
France along with Mexicans tried to overthrow Benito Juarez
3 years of fighting resulted in France losing territory and Juarez maintaining power
French vs. Benito Juarez
Chief Tupac Amaru II
The Boxer Rebellion
What Happened?
Amaru II killed a Spanish administrator
Had support of some creoles, revolution spread to Bolivia and Argentina
Amaru ll watched his wife and children be executed before he was
Results