HIS 1110 Lecture 2: HIS1110A European Imperialism (September 15, 2015)
30 Dec 2015
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3 kinds of colonies: white settlements (ex. Britain cannot feed itself (dependent on colonies: india: crown jewel of british empire (most important) symbol of. Trade (economic) ex. cotton, indigo, tea, rice. Export raw materials in exchange for products: all the rest: (ex. Go to export/exploit resources, don"t try to build up. Built in 3 phases: 16th 18th century: acquisition of canada and the 13th colonies, losing control of the united states. Exploration of pacific; acquisition of australia and new. British empire wants to link empire north to south (cairo to. Cape town) of africa (with the help of cecil rhodes). This was allowed through new technological developments. Steam ship: no longer depend on wind, more reliable, establish coaling stations needed, which therefore need protection, leading to the expansion of their empire. Telegraph: send orders quickly and reliably (control their empires) Expanded into north america, lost to british after 7 years war.
