HISTORY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Thomas Edison, Mass Production, Interchangeable Parts
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1900 12 million sq miles and 400 million people and still growing. France, spain, germany, belgium and italy (mostly africa). Pacific, oceania, no pieces of land that were self-governing, european or secondary european (australia). 1880s there was a conference in berlin, decided how to carve out africa, ground rules amongst themselves. Had to establish a real presence, great deal of staking out claims and make control visible. Also true in pacific island and southeast asia. Some claimed without an idea of what their future use might be, claim them anyway to keep someone else from getting them. Expansion of power and control rather than just land. European powers took greater control over domains through formal processing for example annexation. More penetration into the colonies that are characterized under the british flag. 1857, uprising in india after which britain takes greater control. Systems of law, education, land ownership, and things of everyday life.
