Case Study of Imperialized Country:
Portugal imperializes Mozambique
BY: MELISSA JACOBS
General Information
Country:
Portugal
Mozambique
Location:
Europe
Africa
Time Period/
Years:
1752-1975
1752-1975
Rulers/ Leaders:
António de Oliveira
Salazar and Vasco da
Gama
Julius Nyere re and
Eduardo Mondlane
Population:
3 Million
600,000
What prompted Portugal to imperialize
Mozambique?
Portugal sent Vasco da Gama to explore
Mozambique. He found Mozambique useful.
Portugal could gain another trade route, more slaves
to increase the slave trade, mine gold and gain more
territory.
Geopolitical Reasons and Results:
Reasons: Portugal’s geopolitical reasons for imperializing
Mozambique was the want for a new trade route, a new
port, and a new route for the trading of slaves.
Results: The results of the geopolitical reasons were the slave
trade booms, Portugal gains a new port and a new trade
route.
Maps
Economic Reasons and Results:
Reasons: The economic reasons for Portugal imperializing
Mozambique were so that Portugal could expand its trading
post, expand the slave trade, force Mozambique citizens to
work for cheap, and to gain more slaves.
Results: The result was that the slave trade booms until it was
banned in 1869, Portugal gained a new port, Portugal had
people working for very cheap to make goods.
PROFIT = PRICE SOLD AT – (CAPITAL)
If capitals is less the bigger the profit you get.
Social Reasons and Results:
Reasons: The social reasons for Portugal imperializing
Mozambique was the want to spread the Portuguese
language and the Christianity faith.
Results: The social result of Portugal imperializing
Mozambique was that Portuguese becomes their
official language and the Christianity faith becomes
one of the top practiced religions in Mozambique.
Social Results of Imperialism
Religion in
Mozambique
Language
100%
40%
40%
Portuguese
20%
Information from U.S. Department of State
Christian
Muslim
Other
Political Reasons and Results:
Reasons: The political reasons for Portugal to
imperialize Mozambique was to modernize
Mozambique and teach them the methods of the
Portugal government.
Results: The result was that Mozambique now has a
similar government as Portugal does, three branches
and a constitution.
How Portugal took over and maintain control
over Mozambique:
Portugal could easily colonize and control Mozambique
because it took direct control. Mozambique was so
severely under developed it could not protect itself from
Portugal. Mozambique had to no military to defend itself.
Portugal also helped Mozambique become modernized
making themselves not look totally terrible to the citizens
of Mozambique. They built railroads, hospitals and
schools. In 1926 Salazar demanded to have a military
dictatorship over Mozambique. Portugal also made their
power over the citizens know. An example is the farmers
that were imprisoned in 1959 for trying to own their own
farms which was going against the Portugal’s rule.
Resistance Grows:
Mozambique wasn’t happy about Portugal
imperializing them. Farmers broke out against the
Portugal’s rule and tried to own their own farms but
they were quickly imprisoned. Mozambique citizens
such as Julius Nyere re and Eduardo Mondlane
started the originization FRELIMO which is
liberation group for Mozambique. Violence is the
only answer the citizens of Mozambique concur.
On September 25, 1964 the first shots were fired
between Portugal and Mozambique.
The war lasts from 1964-1975
Freedom
On June 25, 1975
Mozambique declares
freedom from the
Portugal rule.
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