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Chapter 17 Outline
CHAPTER 17 – THE AGE WESTERN IMPERIALISM
OUTLINE
I. The Close of the Age of Early Modern Colonization
II. The Age of British Imperial Dominance
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A. The Imperialism of Free Trade
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B. British Settler Colonies
III. India – The Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire
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IV. The “New Imperialism,” 1870–1914
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V. Motives for the New Imperialism
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VI. The Partition of Africa
A. Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Libya
B. Egypt and British Strategic Concern about the Upper Nile
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C. West Africa
D. The Belgian Congo
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E. German Empire in Africa
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F. Southern Africa
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VII. Russian Expansion in Mainland Asia
VIII. Western Powers in Asia
A. France in Asia
B. The United States Actions in Asia and the Pacific
C. The Boxer Rebellion
AP European History
Chapter 17 Outline
IX. Tools of Imperialism
A. Steamboats
B. Conquest of Tropical Diseases
C. Firearms
X. The Missionary Factor
A. Missionary Movements
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B. Tensions between Missionaries and Imperial Administrators
C. Missionaries and Indigenous Religious Movements
XI. Science and Imperialism
A. Botany
B. Zoology
C. Medicine
D. Anthropology