This is a picture of
Cecil Rhodes, a
British businessman
and colonial giant.
What is he standing
over in the cartoon?
What is the artist’s
message?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Punch_Rhodes_Colossus.png
Imperialism:
The True Story of Babar
Colonialism:
Acquiring territory for Economic and Political Gain
Imperialism:
A Stronger Nation uses FORCE to extend their political, economic, military, and cultural
power over a weaker nation
Goals of Imperialism: Can you Guess?
• GOLD (ECONOMIC): Nations need new sources of
raw materials, cheap labor, and markets for finished
products
• GOD (CULTURAL): Belief that a Nation’s ideals and
values were supreme; a desire to “civilize” the
“noble savage”
• GLORY (POWER/MILITARY): Nations had a strong
desire to increase global prestige-used the Military
to assert their power and gain more territory
Three Phases of Colonization
We will investigate the THREE PHASES of
Colonization by examining some pictures. Look
at the picture and try to determine what is going
on in the picture. We will then discuss more
specific details about each phase.
PHASE I…
https://maumauhistory.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/kenya-12.jpg
http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/nede008wito01_01/nede008wito01ill53.gif
Three Phases of Colonization
Stage I: Military
– Violence & War
– Europeans use superior weapons and armies
to defeat natives
– Two Types of Colonialism:
• Direct Rule-colonial government controlled by the
European power
• Indirect Rule-colonial government run by local African
rulers, but colonial power has some influence and control
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http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/photos/colonization/1267580.jpg
http://o.quizlet.com/JlDOtfynnoadBJOjGMCzyQ_m.jpg
Three Phases of Colonization
Stage II: Pacification
– Make “peace” and “civilize” the natives
– Need indigenous support, so educate certain
natives deemed “superior” to others-they are sent to
Europe for a “proper” education and then return
home in order to help govern and “civilize” the
others
– Send Missionaries to convert populations to
Christianity
– Slowly withdraw armies and train natives to be
policemen, civil servants, etc to maintain order and
control
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Three Phases of Colonization
Stage III: Commercialization
– Use colonies for resources, labor, and marketsColonies forced to sell raw materials to Mother
country for low prices and are not allowed to trade
with other markets
– European powers need cheap labor-force natives
into the labor market by imposing taxes on the
population (since they need money to pay taxes,
they are forced to work)
– European powers convert raw materials into
finished products and sell them back to the colonies
at higher prices
Babar: A Metaphor for Imperialism
Babar parallels the history of European countries
“carving up” Africa for their own gain. As you listen
to the story, think about these questions:
• Who does Babar represent? Who does
the Old Woman represent?
• Can you identify the three phases of
Colonization in the story?
Effects of Imperialism
• SOCIAL DARWINISM: “Survival of the Fittest Race”-Europeans
believed that they were superior to natives, and forced them to
“ASSIMILATE” (attempt to “civilize” natives by forcing them to adopt
Western ideals, education, religion, etc)
• Imposition of Race-division of ethnic groups and creation of
“superior”(haves) and “inferior”(have nots), forcing the natives to
lose any sense of unity/nationality.
• Western Capitalist values (mass production, profit, private property,
etc) forced onto a population which had valued community, sharing,
family, etc.
• Artificial Boundaries-European powers establish their own
boundaries without consideration for the culture/heritage of the
native people, dividing up families and tribes
• Rich get Richer, Poor get Poorer
• Technology: Guns, inventions, industrialization, machines helped
conquer colonies, then introduced to them (not always, though)
• Development of Cities: destruction of farms/land, establishment of
PROPERTY (in many colonies, there was no sense of “owning
land,” it was shared by everyone-Europeans took the land, claimed it
for themselves, and forced natives to live on the worst land)
The Scramble for Africa
• We will first start to study IMPERIALISM by
studying the Berlin Conference and the “carving
up of Africa.” For this unit, you will choose one
country in Africa and explore what it was like
before the Europeans took control, which
European country took over, and what
happened during colonization.
• CHOOSE YOUR COUNTRY
• Start your research (complete the research
worksheet)
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