When was America Discovered?

Colonization…What is it?

Colonialism:

The control or governing influence of a nation over another country, territory, or people.

Imperialism:

The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of

acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.

Colony: A group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

What are some reasons why countries would want to be

colonizers?

STRETEGIC LOCATION!

…bring it on

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM!

Flee Prosecution! Spread Beliefs!

MIGRATION!

See ya later…

WEALTH!

Natural ResourcesLabor/Slave Trade

Journal #1: Oregon Wants It Too!Make a list of goods (food, raw materials, etc.) that you would NOT be able to get if you could

only consume what can grow/be found in Oregon:

Example: Bananas

Circle an item from your list you would miss most!

IMAGINE….1. You only know items that are grown/found in Oregon…One day a friend returns from a trip and has many things

you have never seen before!!! (the items on your journal entry list)

2. Your friend begins to sell the items for $$$!!!Because your friend is the only person who has these goods,

everyone wants them!

Journal #2: New “Stuff”How does this make you feel?

-Answer in complete sentences(happy, sad, excited, jealous, curious, greedy, adventurous, etc.)

This is what happened…

New Goods $

Industrial Economies $

Power Technology =

“Gimme More!”

"Gentlemen, in Europe such as it is today, in this competition of the many rivals we see rising up around us, some by military or naval improvements, others by the prodigious development of a constantly growing population; in a Europe, or rather in a universe thus constituted, a policy of withdrawal or abstention is

simply the high road to decadence! In our time nations are great only through the activity they deploy; it is

not by spreading the peaceable light of their institutions...that they are great, in the present day."

Jules Ferry, Prime Minister of France [1880-1881, 1883-1885].

Berlin Conference 1884-1885Goods $ Industrial Economies $ Power Technology = More Power

What did your conference decide?

The Scramble for Africa

What was the impact on native populations?

Disease & Death

Resistance = Death

“…destruction of important parts of cultures and loss of their histories”(38).

Cash Crops ?

• Banning activities (hunting)• Imposing taxes• Forcing people work• Slavery

Africa

Instead of developing, nations were underdeveloped – pg 42

What does the author mean?

Journal #3

Why did colonization in Africa happen, and who was involved?