Transcript Chapter Six Nationalism and Imperialism

Chapter Six
Nationalism and Imperialism
By Noah Mische
Ottoman Empire: Sick Man of Europe
• 1829-1876
• Shrinking empire, weakened by break offs and
military losses
• Were not as industrialized as Europe
• Religious conflict further weakened the empire
• Attempted multiple European style reforms
• Banking system fell apart due to money owed to
European banks and nations
• It’s collapse left a power vacuum, creating
conflict in the region
India: 1858-1914
• Established trading contact with English East India
Company
• Traded textiles and spice for wool and metals
• British built trading outpost as the Mughal empire
weakened
• By the 1760’s, Britain controlled large areas of India
• The company made money by increasing taxes and
change tariffs
• India became the model colony, importing goods
and exporting raw materials
• Began it’s own industrial revolution under British
• Britain crushed any revolts in India
Egypt: 1798-1882
• Invasion by Napoleon was very influential
• Set up schools and textile mills
• In 1830, Muhammad Ali led an army to repel the
outside occupation
• Attempted to create a modernized Muslim state
• Entered international economy
• Creation of the Suez Canal by the French
• Because of debt, the banks were run by
European officials
Algeria: 1830-1871
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Profited from piracy during rule under Ottoman
Algeria was then invade by France in 1830
Ruled by a French Christian majority
Adopted the French language and culture
Only Christians and Jews were granted French
citizenship
• Muslims were considered inferior and had few
rights
• Gained independence in 1962, causing a million
French citizens to flee from the country
Gender Relations in Colonialism
• Women were used as sexual liaisons by merchants
in Indian Ocean
• European men mixed were native women
• Increased distance between husband and wife
• These relations exhibited racism towards both sides
• Gender relations became more European in
colonized country
• Later, people rejected European ideas
• Return to cultural and historical gender relations