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Where? A new area of focus in the 19th c.
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-Independence in the New World (United States--George Washington; Haiti--Toussaint Louventure; Latin America--Simon Bolivar; Monroe Doctrine 1823)-New Loci of colonization (Asia; Africa; Pacific)
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 1000 Bolivares is equivalent to what amount in America? |
1 penny
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 Simon Bolivar |
Viewed as a national icon in much of modern South America, and is considered one of the great heroes of the Hispanic independence movements of the early 19th century [Country of Bolivia]-from Venezuela-also colloquially as El Libertadore-was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish Rule.
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 James Monroe |
An American statesman and Founding Father who served as the fifth President of the United States from 1817 to 1825.
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Monroe Doctrine
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 Recolonize countries that are America; keep European influence away [IN OTHER WORDS: a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823]. |
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Why? Motives for expansion
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-Profit (Industrial Revolution; Raw Materials, Markets; Lenin's "Imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism")-Ideology (Christian Missions; Anti-slavery Campaigns; "White man's burden"--Kipling; "Scientific" racism)-Glory (National glory--painting the map; Strategic assets--Suez Canal; Individual glory--Cecil Rhodes)
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 Cecil Rhodes |
 -[British businessman, mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896]-go to South Africa (3 different countries)-driven by profits-created biggest diamond/gold mines all over the world (profit became rich) -created railroad that connect south of Africa all the way to Asia-did everything bad? |
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What was important in the "Motives for Expansion"?
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Strategic assets
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What kind of glories were there?
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Either glory of individual or glory of country.
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"Imperial Creep"**
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"Scientific" racism**
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Take ideas of genetic material passed on
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What did the following countries 'industrialize"? Britain (Egypt and India), Belgium, Vietnam.
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-Britain (Egypt and India): cotton (but it didn't grow in the cooler climate of Britain).-Belgium: rubber-Vietnam: rubber and tin
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What led to colonies?
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The chase for costumers elsewhere
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Lenin
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 -dictator of Russia- capitalism's punishment?-"Imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism"-a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist -served as head of government of Soviet Russia and of the Soviet Union. |
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Ideology**
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 A comprehensive set of normative beliefs, conscious and unconscious ideas, that an individual, group or society has |
