HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Indirect Rule, Natural Selection, Social Darwinism
9 Apr 2014
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= global expansion of euro. pwrs set the stage for & significantly shaped the nature of many conflicts of c20th. Steps to colonialism: a generalization: missionaries and merchants (coast, they move inland, get into trouble, navy and army sent. Signing of bogus treaties (ppl don"t realize the content) Formal annexation(: to incorporate territory into the domain of the city) *colonialism purpose: to expand to places that isn"t adjacent. C19th; a small, british east india company was the first to come to india and claim it. >india had a massive revolt of the company. Demanded the chinese to sell opium or else they declared war: uk vs. china (1840) Many historians believed uk ended up with high empire, by accident. June 1830; 635 ships, 34 184 soldiers & 3 389 non-combatants arrive in alg. On july 5, french raise flag over algiers. In fr, alg as treated as an integral part of the country.
