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Introduction to Colonization & Decolonization: Case Studies in Modern Africa and Asia
Colonization in 1945
Terms
colonialism: one country’s domination of another country or people, usually achieved through aggressive actions; involves _________________________________ of one country over another
colony: the territory acquired, usually through __________________________
colonization: the act of colonizing
Terms continued…
imperialism: similar to colonialism but used more broadly to refer to _________________________ exercised either _________________________
new imperialism: period of _________________ imperialism involving extension of ______________________________ in ____________________, ___________________
Terms continued…
decolonization: process of granting __________________________ to a colony; refers particularly to the period after ________________ when European colonies in Africa and Asia achieved independence
History of Imperialism – Periods:
I. Imperialism before 1450II. Age of European Exploration & Early Modern
European Imperialism (1450-1700)III. European Merchant Empires (1700-1815)IV. Imperialism of Free Trade (1815-1870)V. New Imperialism (1870-1914)VI. Mandates (post-WWI) & Trusts (post-WWII)VII. Decolonization (1945-1970)VIII. Modern Economic Imperialism &
Neocolonialism
I. Imperialism before 1450
Alexander the Great’s Empire, 320 B.C.
Roman Empire, 117 C.E.
Mongol Empire, late 1200s
Ottoman Empire, 1300-1699
Aztec Empire, 1400s-1521
II. Age of European Exploration & Early Modern European Imperialism (1450-1700)
Why?
ECONOMIC/POLITICAL POWER
mercantilism –
Trading Companies
British East India Company (1600)
Dutch East India Company (1602)
Dutch West India Company (1621)
Why?
GOD (i.e. RELIGION)
Who?
1. 2. 3.
In 1492 ….
… _________________ sailed the ocean blue …
… and the lucky guy ran into a giant heap of dirt in the way of his targeted destination.
Result: _______________ builds a colonial empire in the so-called “______________.”
Going back a bit to 1488 …
____________________ reaches the ______________________
[And 518 years later, so did I!]
And in 1498…_________________________ rounds the
southernmost tip of Africa...
… and reaches __________ via the sea
Cape Agulhas
_____________ Empire, at maximum extent in the 16th c.
_____________ Empire in 1770
____________ Colonies, 17th c.
_______________ Colonies in North America, 1763-1775
_____________ Colonial Empire
Keylight blue = first empire of 1600s-1700s; dark blue = second empire, built after 1830
III. European Merchant Empires (1700-1815)
3 world systems
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
North Atlantic system
regions:
colonial powers:
main products:
South Atlantic system
regions:
colonial powers:
main products:
Indian Ocean system
regions:
colonial power:
main products:
IV. Imperialism of Free Trade (1815-1870)
extension of ___________________________________________ rather than asserting formal political control
driven by _______________ product of ___________________
(begins in Britain ca. 1780) Adam Smith’s _____________________ (1776)
“The sun never sets on the British Empire.”
V. New Imperialism (1870-1914)
states resume extending ___________________________________, not just __________________________________
territories acquired in _________ & _______
still driven by ________________
Imperialism in Africa, 1914
Imperialism in Asia, 1914
VI. Mandates (post-WWI) & Trusts (post-WWII)
League of Nations mandates –
United Nations Trust Territories –
colonial power required to set target date for trust’s independence
League of Nations mandates in Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific
VII. Decolonization (1945-1970)
VIII. Modern Economic Imperialism & Neocolonialism
economic domination: