Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization

Essential Question

What were the similarities and differences in the effects of Imperialism in different parts of the world from 1750 to 1900?

Objectives

1. Explain how ideologies contributed to the development of imperialism from 1750 to 1900.

2. Compare processes by which state power shifted in various parts of the world from 1750 to 1900.

3. Explain how and why internal and external factors have influenced the process of state building from 1750 to 1900.

4. Explain how various environmental factors contributed to the development of the global economy from 1750 to 1900.

5. Explain how various economic factors contributed to the development of the global economy from 1750 to 1900.

6. Explain how various environmental factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.

7. Explain how various economic factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.

8. Explain how and why new patterns of migration affected society from 1750 to 1900.

9. Explain the relative significance of the effects of imperialism from 1750 to 1900.

Key Terms and Concepts

1. State Expansion from 1750 to 1900

   1. Non-state to state colonial control

      1. Shift from the private ownership of the Congo by King Leopold II to the Belgium government

      2. Shift from the Dutch East India Company to Dutch government control in Indonesia and Southeast Asia

   2. European states that expanded empires in Africa

      1. Britain in West Africa

      2. Belgium in the Congo

      3. French in West Africa

   3. Settler colonies established in empires

      1. New Zealand

2. Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900

   1. Direct resistance

      1. Tupac Amaru II's rebellion in Peru

      2. Samory Toure's military battles in West Africa

      3. Yaa Asantewaa War in West Africa

      4. 1857 rebellion in India

   2. New States

      1. Establishment of independent states in the Balkans

      2. Sokoto Caliphate in modern-day Nigeria

      3. Cherokee Nation

      4. Zulu Kingdom

   3. Rebellions

      1. Ghost Dance in the US

      2. Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement in Southern Africa

      3. Mahdist wars in Sudan

3. Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900

   1. Resource export economies

      1. Cotton production in Egypt

      2. Rubber extraction in the Amazon and the Congo basin

      3. The palm oil trade in West Africa

      4. The guano industries in Peru and Chile

      5. Meat from Argentina and Uruguay 

      6. Diamonds from Africa

4. Economic Imperialism from 1750 to 1900

   1. Industrialized states practicing economic imperialism

      1. Britain and France expanding their influence in China through the Opium Wars

      2. The construction of the Port of Buenos Aires with the support of British firms

   2. Commodities that contributed to European and American economic advantage

      1. Opium produced in the Middle East or South Asia and exported to China

      2. Cotton grown in South Asia and Egypt and exported to Great Britain and other European countries

      3. Palm oil produced in sub-Saharan Africa and exported to European countries

      4. Copper extracted in Chile

5. Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World

   1. Return of migrants

      1. Japanese agricultural workers in the Pacific

      2. Lebanese merchants in the Americas

      3. Italian industrial workers in Argentina

   2. Migrants

      1. Irish to the United States

      2. British engineers and geologists to South Asia and Africa

6. Effects of Migration

   1. Migrant ethnic enclaves

      1. Chinese in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, South America, and North America

      2. Indians in East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia

      3. Irish in North and South America

      4. Italians in North and South America

   2. Regulation of immigrants

      1. Chinese Exclusion Act

      2. White Australia Policy