Imperialism Day 1

Discover how the Industrial Revolution fueled imperialism. Learn about raw material needs and justifications.

Bell Ringer Using the Imperialism Map from the class site (also above), list the places that were a part of the following empires (in your notebook), then answer the questions below.French PortugueseBritish BelgianGerman Ottoman What trends do you notice among the empires?What may be the cause of some of these trends?What might be some short-term and long-term effects of these trends?What additional information would you like to know or see displayed? Flocab!!Open "Flocab Missing Lyrics" from Veracross on your iPad. After the Industrial Revolution, industrialized countries had more people and more factories. Factory owners needed raw materials like oil, tin and rubber to continue making modern goods. But in Europe, these materials were not easy to come by. They needed to go elsewhere to find materials.Europeans decided to claim land in Africa, Asia and Latin America as their own. Like the conquistadors of the sixteenth century, the Europeans just took the land through force. This new era of conquest in the late 1800s was called imperialism.The Europeans did not consider the indigenous, or native, peoples to be civilized, or in some cases fully human. European imperialists justified their conquests by calling them civilizing missions. Many believed that they were doing the natives a favor by teaching them about Western society and that it was their mission to civilize the "uncivilized."Which of the following best describes the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and imperialism?" "The Industrial Revolution created an increased demand for raw materials, which led Europeans to conquer new lands insearch for them in the late 1800." "The Industrial Revolution created an excess of raw materials, which led Europeans to trade raw materials with new nations in the late 1800s." "The Industrial Revolution led to decreased trade with Africa, which led Europeans to go to war with many African nations in the late 1800s." "Europeans conquered new lands in the late 1800s, which led to a growth in factories in the Industrial Revolution." "Another cause of imperialism was social Darwinism. Charles Darwin had created the theory of evolution in 1859, which was the idea that all species have descended from a common source. In his theory, he described the idea of natural selection. Natural selection holds that those animals that are fit to survive will continue to live, while those that are not fit for survival will die.Social Darwinism applied this scientific theory to society and distorted it. Europeans saw themselves and their cultures as more ""fit for survival"" than the people and cultures in Africa, Asia and South America. So they had no issue taking over native groups that they found to be less fit. The imperialists believed that they had the duty to colonize other lands.Which of these statements would Charles Darwin most likely agree with?" Sometimes, the weak survive to pass on their traits. Europeans have a responsibility to colonize land in Africa, Asia and South America. Cultures all descended from a single, common source. An animal that is well adapted to its environment has a better chance of survival. Imperialism Notes