Economic rationales
Raw materials and markets
Investment opportunities
The "drain" of colonial wealth
Strategic and political rationales
National prestige and competition
Strategic geography
Military technology
Ideological rationales
Social Darwinism
The "civilizing mission" and the "White Man's Burden"
Religious mission
Racism and pseudo-science
Primary sources
Cecil Rhodes, Confession of Faith (1877)
Jules Ferry, speech on French colonial policy (1884)
J.A. Hobson, Imperialism: A Study (1902)
Key figures
Key events summary
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Vocabulary
Unit 6 topics
Unit 6 overview6.1Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 19006.2State Expansion from 1750 to 19006.3Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 19006.4Global Economic Development from 1750 to 19006.5Imperialism and Economic Development6.6Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World6.7Effects of Migration6.8Causation in the Imperial Age6.9Comparison in the Imperial Age