5.2 Europe starts dominating the world

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Chapter 5

5.2 Europe starts dominating the world

Welcome!

At the end of this lesson...

• You can describe how the overseas trade contacts of the Europeans grew into world empires.
  
• You can list the most important causes of modern imperialism.
  
• You can give a description of the government and economy in British India.

Today

• What do you remember (+- 5 min)
• Explanation (+- 25 min)
•  Exercise (+- 15 min)

Explain how the Belgian Revolution was a consequence of nationalism

From trading post to imperium

• 16th and 17th centuries: world economy emerges. 🌎💰      

- Central/South America: plantations & slavery. .☕

- Africa/Asia: coastal trading posts 🤑💸

From coastal trading posts in the 16th and 17th centuries...

To  conquering further inland...

Economic benefits of colonies

• Population must produce for European market.
  

           coffee, cotton, tobacco, etc.

• Europeans extract raw materials from the colonies for their industry.

            tin, petroleum, rubber, etc.

Modern Imperialism

= Period from 1800 - 1940

European countries in the nineteenth century trying to get large overseas empires, using the colonies as producers of raw materials and as a sales market.

Causes modern imperialism

1.  Possessing colonies was economically advantageous

        - raw materials for European factories

        - The colonies were  ideal sales markets💰

2. The Industrial Revolution made colonies easier to conquer and govern:

-Steamboat & steam train, telegraph, modern weapons🔫

3. Nationalism -> An empire provided power and  prestige.💪

4. Europeans believed that their superiority was biological.🧑🏻

British India

India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar

± 250 million people

British india

• Was governed by an indirect rule

      Indian princes had to do what the British told them to do

• Important for the British economy                                                Raw materials + sales markets for British industry

British India

• The British wanted to make India a modern country
    Modern infrastructure                                                                 Schools to 'educate' Indian subjects

Name a cause of modern imperialism

Exercise

Make a mindmap or summary of 5.2 with the learining objectives:

- You can describe how the overseas trade contacts of the Europeans grew into world empires.

- You can list the most important causes of modern imperialism.

- You can give a description of the government and economy in British India.