Slavery, Imperialism, Colonialism, and Decolonization
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 2 major developments leading the the rise of Europe and imperialism | the discovery of the Americas by C. Columbus followed by population movement motivated by (Gold God glory) and the defeat of the Arabs in Spain by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand and the end of their occupation after centuries of presence |
| Mercantilism | the accumulation of gold, silver, and slaves labour connection America Europe and Africa |
| four major slave trade networks | atlantic, trans-saharan, red sea, swahili coast |
| the abolition of slavery | gave way for what is called "legitimate trade" colonialism |
| imperialism | policy of extending rule of a nation or empire over foreign nations and of taking and holding foreign colonies |
| Age of Discovery | European nations founded colonies throughout the new world |
| colonialism | political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended period of time. |
| colonialism- briefly put | government without consent |
| neo-colonialism | process by which rich powerful developed states use economic, political, and informal means to exert pressures on poor, less powerful, underdeveloped states. |
| motives of European imperialism | the economic theory, social Darwinism, evangelical Christianity, social atavism, diplomatic theory, African dimension theory |
| social Darwinism | emphasizes the alleged superiority of European race over other races "natural selection and the "survival of the fittest" |
| evangelical Christianity | a broader humanitarian and missionary impulse to westernize the African people |
| social atavism | imperialism was result of a natural desire of man to dominate his fellow man for the sake of dominating him, arising out of man's universal thirst for power and domination |
| diplomatic theory | balance of power, national prestige, and global strategy |
| African dimension theory | the transition from slave trades to legitimate trade and the subsequent decline in both the export and import during that period |
| first phase of british colonialism | concentrated in the new world, west africa, and india |
| second phase of british colonialism | contorlle dmost of india, australia new zealand, canada, and large portions of eastern and southern Africa |
| white man's burden | asserted that native people were not capable of governing themselves and needed the with British colonialist to provide and maintain order |
| drive for British colonialism | search for resources and new markets to increase profits |
| Drive for french colonialism | state, the church, and the military rather than business interests |
| first phase of french colonialism | focused in Canada, the Lousiana Territory, the Caribbean, and West Africa |
| second phase of french colonialism | grew to include most of north Africa and Indochina |
| ideological legitimization for French colonialism | mission civilsatrice |
| mission civilsatrice | to spread French culture, language, and religion throughout the colonies |
| 4 types of colonies | settlement, partial settlement, administration & exploitation, exploitation/extraction |
| colonies of settlement | Direct rule by Europeans over Africans applied generally (Ex. Algeria, Kenya, South Africa, Rhodesia) |
| colonies of exploitation | Small number of European population lived among the colonized. (most countries in Africa and Asia) |
| 4 main theories of colonial administration | assimilation, association, direct rule, indirect rule |
| best known theories of colonial administration | French policy of administration, British policy of indirect rule |
| indirect rule | based on ethics, tradition and theory and decentralization and continuity |
| assimilation | absorption of the Africans to European Culture and European acceptance of the Africans as a partner in government, business and missionary enterprise |
| french mission of civilisatrice | demanded one, uniform and rational administrative policy for their entire African Empire- Failed as was replaced by association |
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