logging in or signing up Colonialism Berta Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1091 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: January 15, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript European expansion: European expansion Made possible by developments in shipping, navigation Motivated by: Need to settle excess population Evangelical zeal Search for wealthDisease and the Americas: Disease and the Americas Native Americans did not have immunity to diseases common in Europe, Africa & Asia Up to 95% died after contact Human epidemic diseases originated with herd animals; need both herds and dense population In Americas, there were dense populations but no herdsAmericas: Americas Europeans: seized territory formed settlements exploited labor stole wealthAmericas: Americas Europeans began with native and European laborers, then turned to African. Africans were: resistant to European diseases resistant to tropical diseasesSlave Trade: Slave Trade Trade between Europe and Africa soon became focused on slave trade. Africans wanted European goods and all the Europeans wanted were slaves. Most slaves were captured in raids or were prisoners of war. Some were criminals or debtors.Slide8: Slaves were captured by Africans and sold by African middlemen to Europeans. During the slave trade, Europeans did not control African territories. Scramble for Africa: Scramble for Africa Slave trade ended 1805, replaced by other trade Late 1880s, European countries suddenly wanted colonies in Africa: To build national prestige To gain raw materials for factories Slide11: To gain markets for manufactured goods To gain mineral wealth and prevent other European countries from acquiring Europeans cooperated among themselves and divided Africa upSlide12: Able to colonize late 19th century because: Better medicines Better gunsIdeology of African Colonialism: Ideology of African Colonialism Bringing civilization to “savages” Benefiting natives Taught superiority of European way of life, backwardness of African Colonialism: Colonialism Colonies expected to be profitable to the colonizers Forced Africans to pay taxes (hut tax, head tax) Pressured to grow cash crops Took land for settlement Ruled: created chiefs, new ethnic groups You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Colonialism Berta Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1091 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: January 15, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript European expansion: European expansion Made possible by developments in shipping, navigation Motivated by: Need to settle excess population Evangelical zeal Search for wealthDisease and the Americas: Disease and the Americas Native Americans did not have immunity to diseases common in Europe, Africa & Asia Up to 95% died after contact Human epidemic diseases originated with herd animals; need both herds and dense population In Americas, there were dense populations but no herdsAmericas: Americas Europeans: seized territory formed settlements exploited labor stole wealthAmericas: Americas Europeans began with native and European laborers, then turned to African. Africans were: resistant to European diseases resistant to tropical diseasesSlave Trade: Slave Trade Trade between Europe and Africa soon became focused on slave trade. Africans wanted European goods and all the Europeans wanted were slaves. Most slaves were captured in raids or were prisoners of war. Some were criminals or debtors.Slide8: Slaves were captured by Africans and sold by African middlemen to Europeans. During the slave trade, Europeans did not control African territories. Scramble for Africa: Scramble for Africa Slave trade ended 1805, replaced by other trade Late 1880s, European countries suddenly wanted colonies in Africa: To build national prestige To gain raw materials for factories Slide11: To gain markets for manufactured goods To gain mineral wealth and prevent other European countries from acquiring Europeans cooperated among themselves and divided Africa upSlide12: Able to colonize late 19th century because: Better medicines Better gunsIdeology of African Colonialism: Ideology of African Colonialism Bringing civilization to “savages” Benefiting natives Taught superiority of European way of life, backwardness of African Colonialism: Colonialism Colonies expected to be profitable to the colonizers Forced Africans to pay taxes (hut tax, head tax) Pressured to grow cash crops Took land for settlement Ruled: created chiefs, new ethnic groups