Title: Imperialism and colonial expansion in the 19th century - Open History
Headings: Imperialism and colonial expansion in the 19th century
Imperialism and colonial expansion in the 19th century
Contents
Imperialism and colonialism: continuity or change?
The causes of imperialism
Economic, political and cultural causes
Other factors of imperialism
Technological advances
Economic Situation
The colonial expansion in Africa
Africa before imperialism
The partition of Africa
First stage of colonization of Africa
Second stage: Inland Africa
Asia between imperialism and modernization
The Indian subcontinent
The Indochina Peninsula and the French presence in Southeast Asia
China
Terribly traditional structures
Chinese revolutions and wars
Japan
Tokugawa shogunate (1600 – 1868)
Meiji Revolution (1868 – 1912)
Japan’s Foreign Expansion
Imperialism and colonialism: continuity or change?
The causes of imperialism
Economic, political and cultural causes
Other factors of imperialism
Technological advances
Economic Situation
The colonial expansion in Africa
Africa before imperialism
The partition of Africa
First stage of colonization of Africa
Second stage: Inland Africa
Asia between imperialism and modernization
The Indian subcontinent
The Indochina Peninsula and the French presence in Southeast Asia
China
Terribly traditional structures
Chinese revolutions and wars
Taiping Movement (1851 – 1864)
Opium Wars: 1839-1842 and 1856-1860
1911 revolution
Japan
Tokugawa shogunate (1600 – 1868)
Meiji Revolution (1868 – 1912)
First stage: 1868 – 1881
Second stage: 1881 – 1912
Political aspects:
Economic growth:
Japan’s Foreign Expansion
In 1905 Japan was aware that it was already a great power. Fascism was on the rise in Japan.
All articles of the course: Late modern History in Europe (19th and 20th Centuries)
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Content: gold, ivory, minerals and slaves. But so far they never went inland. Africa before the massive European colonization
The first European enclaves were in the Gold Coast (today Ghana), Senegal and Ivory Coast. In the 18th century, slavery was the main activity of Europeans. The slave trade is the most important economic element in Africa. This “trade” was promoted by English and Dutch. Catalans also participated. Triangular slave trade scheme or Transatlantic slave trade
Without the transatlantic slave trade, no mass of capital would have been made available for industrialization. On the other hand, the slave trade absolutely marked the history of the African continent: Many Africans died because of the violence generated by Europeans;