Comparing Imperialism

Africa, India, China, and Japan

The Scramble for Africa - Causes

Large deposits of natural resources which would help
new industrialization in Europe

Nationalism Prideful European countries wanted to be

the BEST

Social Darwinism The White Mans Burden by

Rudyard Kipling

The Scramble for Africa Key Events

1884 Congress of Berlin: The division of Africa into
parts by European countries

1882 Europe takes control: Europe owns 90% of

Africa

1914 Britain takes the Suez Canal: England gains a

stronger hold on Africa

Scramble for Africa - Effects

Addition of schools, churches, and hospitals

Abuse of African natives for labor
Segregation of South Africa which lasts through the 1960s
End to the slave trade

Remained under European control till the 1950s/60s

Led to a history of unstable and corrupt governments in Africa

India: the Brightest Jewel in the Crown - Causes

Britain wanted to control trade of exotic goods
Raw materials to fuel the Industrial Revolution
Market base for cheap goods (people to sell English
products to)

India: the Brightest Jewel in the Crown Key

Events
1857 Sepoy Mutiny: Indian soilders begin to rebel
against the East India Company

1858 England takes control of India from the East

India Company as a result of the Sepoy Mutiny

1947 India becomes free from British control

India: the Brightest Jewel in the Crown Effects

Improvements to infrastructure (roads, trains, etc.)
Improvements to social institutions (schools, hospitals,
etc.)

Increased hostility between social classes

Increased hostility between Muslims and Hindus

Spheres of Influence in China Causes

Desire to make money off trade with China

Easy access to Chinese luxury goods

Spheres of Influence in China Key Events

1854-1860 England beings smuggling Opium: finds a good that the
Chinese would buy from the Europeans

1839-1842 Opium Wars: China wants England to stop the Opium trade,
England says no

1853-1864 Taiping Rebellion: China looses

1899 Open Door Policy: China reluctantly opens trade with the west
1900 Boxer Rebellion

Spheres of Influence in China Effects

End of Chinese dynasties
Rise of Chinese nationalism
Left a power vacuum that will eventually be filled by a
communist government

Japan and the Meiji Restoration - Causes

Western desire for trade with Japan
Japans fear of becoming weak and powerless to the west
like China

Japan and the Meiji Restoration Key Events

1854-1860 Trade opens with the U.S. and Europe
1867 Meiji Restoration: period in Japanese history that replaced the Shogun
with a military government and parliament under the Japanese emperor

1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War: Japan and China fight over Korea (Japan
loses)

1914-1919 WWI: Japan tries to get land from everyone (they dont get any
and this makes them mad)

1930s/1940s WWII: Japan tries to take over china (they loses/America

WINS!!)

Japan and the Meiji Restoration Effects

Japan modernized and reformed its government,
infrastructure, and social institutions (like schools) to be
more westernized

Unlike China; Japan embraced imperialism and many

western ways