SOSC 1375 Lecture 18: Lecture 18
7 Nov 2018
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Maps: tordesillas 1494 - portugal, british empire: high influence in asia earlier on, but eventually starts growing roots in africa and. French empire: high influence in the new world. Increasing competition among the european powers in regards to nationalism. The "monroe doctrine: believed that the us would refuse any interference and claimed north and south america as their realm of influence, britain decides to turn their attention to places such as africa as a result. Interest in africa was personal and economic and had intentions. French, who claimed more of the west side of africa. Served as the most brutal of imperialist projects. Leopold called a second congress, to bring an end to the slave trade in order to make him appear more benevolent: forced labour for impossible quotas. British rule: became a barrier to the british goal of travelling north and claiming northern land. First war where modern machine technologies were used.
