HST 198 Lecture 22: New Imperialism
16 Nov 2016
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Began in the late 1870"s and early 1880"s. Wanted to expand global markets to get items they couldn"t make themselves and get raw materials. Believed that having a stronger navy+other military would do this. Europeans believed that they were superior to the colonies and therefore should conquer them. France had largest land holding in africa. Britain controlled south africa, allowed for my access to valuable minerals. Germany took area in eastern and south western africa. Italy took libya and a piece of ethiopia. Created the boundaries of each nation in africa. No africans were present at this meeting. Very important due to its location; crossroad to 3 big continents, asia, africa, and. Britain purchased a controlling interest in the suez canal, to prevent from the man who began to project from going bankrupt. Connected the red sea to the mediterranean. Russia took control of the 2 natural straits: making their travels their quicker.
