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History
102: Late Nineteenth-Century Imperialism Causes
of New Imperialism
King
of Belgium, Leopold II (r. 1865-1909) 1860: "I believe that the
moment is come for us to extend our territories. I think that we must lose no
time, under penalty of seeing the few remaining good positions seized upon by
more enterprising nations than our own. 1876: International Association
for the Exploration and Civilization of the Congo Henry
M. Stanley (1841-1904) Orphan Self-made Wanderer Journalist Explorer Found David Livingstone 1878: goes to work for Leopold Pierre
de Brazza (1852-1905) Explored the north of the Congo
river for France Berlin
Conference (1884-1885): Otto von Bismarck and Jules Ferry
Battle
of Khartoum, 1885 Battle
of Adowa, 1896 Battle
of Omdurman, 1898 Fashoda
incident, 1898 ·
French:
Jean-Baptiste Marchand ·
British:
Horatio Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener) George
Washington Williams (1849-1891) First African American Historian 1889: Leopold II 1890: Congo Free State to settle
African Americans 1890: wrote Leopold an open
letter 1891: died Joseph
Conrad (1857-1924) Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz
Korzeniowski Merchant marine Languages Congo in 1890 Heart of Darkness (1899) Consequences
of New Imperialism 1.
ARMY OF OCCUPATION: Guns and plunder 2.
AFRICAN SOCIETY a)DEATH b)RULES OF SOCIETY c)ECONOMY d)NEW BORDERS e)HUMILIATION 3.
CULTURE 4.
CONFLICT AMONGST IMPERIAL POWERS 5.
ENCOURAGED EUROPEANS SENSE OF SUPERIORITY and RACISM |