5.2 Europe starts dominating the world

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Europe starts dominating the world
paragraph 5.2

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Last lessons, we discussed nationalism.
a. Give the definition of a nation state.
b. Can you give an example of a country that
became a nation state in the 19th century?
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Slide 2 - Open question

Learning goals
  1. You can describe how overseas tradeposts expand into world empires.
  2. You can name the most important causes of modern imperialism
  3. You can describe the way British India is governed

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Can you give the definition of colonialism?
If you don't know exactly, you can also give an
example of a country that became a colony
in the 17th century.
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Why did European countries in the 17th century start with colonisation?
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European empires
  • During the 16th century, European countries started trading all over the world. 
  • European voyagers did not go into the country, they just stayed at the coast to trade

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Modern imperialism
= European countries in the
nineteenth century trying to
acquire large empires, using their
colonies as producers of raw
materials.

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Modern imperialisme: motives
  1. Economic
    industrialisation → raw materials (coal or iron)
  2. Political
    status (nationalism!) 
  3. Cultural 
    feeling of superiority + white man's burden 
    = funded by racism

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Modern imperialism
Differences with colonialism:
  1. European countries also start to govern their colonies
  2. European countries use their colonies for their industrialisation
  3. Driven by nationalism  

  • Main goal MI = creating a big empire 
  • Main goal colonialism = make money

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British India
The most succesful country in creating a large empire was Great Britain.
The most important one was India, because of al the (cheap) raw materials.
They governed India via indirect rule: British officials told local nobility what to do. 

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A satirical cartoon from 1900. The woman in white has a flag which says civilization, the man of the right carries a flag that says barbarism

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Explain with one element from the source, which characteristic from Modern Imperialism you can see.

Slide 15 - Open question

Think about the 16th/17th century. In that era, Europe started colonizing. What was the main goal of colonizing countries?

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What was the main goal of colonisation in the 18th and 19th century?

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Explain in your own words what modern impirialism is.

Slide 18 - Open question

Give at least two motives for modern imperialism.

Slide 19 - Open question

Assignment: you will get a A3 paper
Make a poster of the following:
  • What does your flag look like?
  • Do you have a constitution? What is in the constitution?
  • Which symbols are part of your country? What does your   flag look like?
  • Create 2-3 lines for a national anthem
15 minutes!

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