HIS 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Darwinism, Emilio Aguinaldo, Berlin Conference
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Setting the stage for conquest of africa suez canal, 1859-69: french and british make deal with said pasha, viceroy of egypt. Cecil rhodes: diamond mines in rhodesia, shona people rebel. Scramble for africa (1875-1912: berlin west africa conference (1884) Congo free state (leopold ii of belgium: harvest rubber. Tie down workers and beat them up. Menelik ii of ethiopia: stockpiling weapons. Liberia: return to africa movement slaves. How is the us involved in imperialism: conflict and control of former spanish colonies through war. With mexico, cuba, philippines: mexico, mexico struggle for independent spanish colonies have difficult time maintain political stability. 1810 first attempt at independence from spain. 1810 french revolution: miguel hidalgo, priest. Army of indians march to mexico city. Hidalgo executed: augustine de iturbide, conservative takes control. Writes constitution: american imperialism steps in to fill vaccum left by decline of spain. Monroe doctrine, 1823 (protect other countries from european control: antonio lopez de santa anna.
