Transcript Imperialism in Southeast Asia

Imperialism in Southeast Asia
& the Pacific
A. Australia
B. Southeast
Asia
C. The United
States
D. Resistance
to the U.S.
A. Australia
• Britain established Australia as a penal colony
• Penal colony = prisoners
CFU
• Why would Britain want Australia to be
used as a penal colony?
Pair-Share 30 Seconds (Pick Non-Volunteer)
B. Southeast Asia
• Demand for Asian products will drive Europeans
to colonize in Asia
• Will have the same motivations that pushed the
Europeans in Africa:
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Governments (political)
Industrialists (economic)
Missionaries (religious)
Social Darwinists (racist)
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Europeans will
compete for land
for resources &
to grow cash
crops
Tin
Pineapples
Coffee
Tea
Sugar cane
• Positive Effects:
– Technology
– Education
– Health and sanitation improvements
• Negative Effects:
– Racial and religious clashes
– Destroy the land
CFU
• Why do Europeans want to colonize Asia?
Pair-Share 30 Seconds (Pick Non-Volunteer)
C. The United States
• The United States becomes an Imperial power as a
result of the Spanish-American War
• War fought between Spain & the U.S. in 1898
• Cuba was fighting for independence from Spain
• United States got involved to help Cuba
• United States won after 4 months of fighting
• Results of the war:
– Cuba becomes “independent”
– the U.S. will win Guam, Puerto Rico, and the
Philippine Islands
• Also in 1898, the U.S. will also annex Hawaii
and buy Alaska from Russia to expand their
territory
CFU
• What are the territories the United States
wins during the Spanish-American war?
Pair-Share 30 Seconds (Pick a Non-Volunteer)
D. Resistance to the U.S.
• Not all of these territories wanted to be
controlled by the U.S.
• Hawaiians do not want to
be part of the U.S.
• American plantation
owners illegally
overthrew Queen
Liliuokalani
• They took control of the
Hawaiian government
• Had Hawaii annexed into
the U.S
• Philippines also resisted American conquest
• the Filipinos wanted independence from Spain so
they helped the Americans in the SpanishAmerican war
• Instead they became part of the U.S.
• Wanted independence not a new colonial power
• War began between the
U.S. and the Filipinos
• Filipinos led by Emilio
Aguinaldo
• War lasted from 1899 – 1902
• The Americans eventually won
Closure- CFU
• List reasons why the Europeans colonize
countries throughout Southeast Asia.
• How did the conquered territories
respond?
Pair-Share 30 Seconds, Write down answer in a
complete sentence, Pick Non-Volunteers