THE BERLIN CONFERENCE - THE NEW AGE OF IMPERIALISM
1. IMPERIALISM IS THE CONTROL OF FOREIGN COLONIES BY NATIONALISTIC COUNTRIES.
2. THE MOTIVATION IS RESOURCES THAT FUELED THE 'INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION'
3. THE BERLIN CONFERENCE 1884 DIVIDED UP THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA BETWEEN 15 FOREIGN POWERS - FRANCE GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN WERE THE MAIN COUNTRIES - AFRICA WAS DIVIDED UP INTO 5O COLONIES - NO AFRICAN NATIONS WERE PRESENT.
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
IN 1799 THE GENIUS MILITARY COMMANDER NAPOLEAN BONAPARTE TOOK CONTROL OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
HE INTRODUCED MANY NEW REFORMS AFTER THE CHAOS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION - THE NEPOLEANIC LEGAL CODE - HE REINTRODUCED ENLIGHTENMENT PRINCIPLES INTO SOCIETY - FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION -
IN 18O4 THE FRENCH PARLIMENT MADE HIM EMPEROR
- HE THEN BEGAN A CONQUEST OF EUROPE FOR FRANCE - AFTER MANY VICTORIES HE FAILED TO TAKE ENGLAND (BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR) AND MOSCOW IN 1812 HE WAS FINALLY DEFEATED AT WATERLOO IN 1815
BUT HIS EXPLOITS INSPIRED OTHER NATIONS TO EXPAND THEIR TERRITORY IN THE NAME OF NATIONALISM -
Dr LIVINGSTONE EXPLORER OF 'DARK' AFRICA
THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA WAS A NEWLY DISCOVERED CONTINENT AND BECAME THE NEW IMPERIAL PRIZE FOR RESOURCES
IN THE MID 18OO'S THE BRITISH EMPIRE CLAIMED THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
WORLD IMPERIALISTIC COLONIES IN 19OO
IMPERIALISM SHAPES THE WORLD
THE BRITISH EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT IN THE 19th CENTURY
CONCLUSION
1. NATIONALISM CONTRIBUTES TO IMPERIALISM
2. AS IMPERIAL POWER EXPANDS NATIONALISM BECOMES MORE MILITANT
3. TO MAINTAIN FOREIGN CONTROL OF EMPIRES IT WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD THE WORLD INTO WAR
CLASS RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT NAPOLEON'S DEFEATS :
1. WHAT HAPPENED IN RUSSIA IN 1812 ?
2. WHAT HAPPENED AT WATERLOO IN 1815 ?
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coming up : THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
SUMMARY OF MODERN EUROPE
Pax Britannica 1815-1914 the British Empire flourishes as the dominant global colonial power; Prussia defeats Austria and France, then unites the German Empire; Russia continues to expand but loses the Crimean War and Russo-Japanese WarWorld War I 1914-18 the Allies (Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, US) defeat the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey)interwar period 1918-39 rise of fascist Germany, Italy, and JapanWorld War II 1939-45 the Allies (Britain, France, Russia, China, US) defeat the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan)
Cold War 1945-91 US and USSR struggle for global political dominancecontemporary era 1991-present US reigns as the sole superpower
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