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Economic Motives
Their are four motives for imperialism and one of them are Economic Motives. For example Markets for finished goods Products of British Industrial Revolution sold in China and India, Sources of raw new materials Egypt – cotton, and etc. -
Opium Wars
During the 1700s British became tea drinking nation and they would their tea from China. They needed a way to pay for the stuff that they were getting from China. Around the 1800s China started to purchase opium from England’s Indian colonies. Europeans began to trade in opium.The trade was made illegal, but continued to create both an economic and a social problem in China -
Sir Henry Stanley
Sir Stanley was a journalist and explorer who found Dr. Livingstone who had been missing for 6 years, many thought that he was dead. He is famous for rescuing Dr Livingstone, and his discovery’s, and development of the Congo region -
Treaty of Kanagawa
The treaty of Kanagawa was a treaty Treaty with the United States of America and Japan. The U.S. wanted Coaling stations, more traditional partners, and a haven for ship-wrecked sailors. The treaty allowed all of that and it allowed the U.S to trade with Japan. -
Dr. David Livingstone
Dr. David Livingstone was a White man from Scotland. He was the first white male to do humanitarian and religious work in the south and central part of Africa. He was a famous explorer with a obsession with learning the source s of the Nile River, he couldn’t find the sources but he discovered Victoria Falls -
The Berlin Conference
The Berlin conference was when European leaders met in Berlin to discuss regulating European colonization and trade that was going on in Africa. Since the European nations were competing aggressively for territory. The conference was held to prevent conflicts between the European nations