IS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Strait Of Malacca, Britain First, Geopolitics
12 Oct 2016
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Colonialism: cultural, political, and economic domination of territories and people on those territories. Geo-politics: control of land by military which gives you access to people and the territory. White man"s burden by kipling was a poem that said it was a burden filled obligation for the white man to go to other nations and fix them. The state of georgia was found by prisoners. North america was viewed as a source of untouched resources and possibilities. Trade post were set in india, japan, and china. Dutch were first to set up trade post; dutch east india company. The dutch went to indonesia and got spices to trade with india and china and. The dutch had to give gifts to the chinese, indian, and japanese leaders (at first the was in favour of china, india, and japan because they were able to assert a sense of control over the dutch) The british lose control of the american colonies.
