Methods of

Imperialism
A country is taken over, how do you control it?
 Direct Control
● Foreign officials brought
in to control gov’t
● No native self-rule
● Gov’t based on
European styles
 British India
Positive:
● Built large transportation
network
● Improved sanitation and
health practices
● Increased literacy through
schools and colleges

Negative:
● Restricted Indian-owned
businesses
● Changed farming practices
● Racist attitudes
Colony- a territory governed
directly by a foreign power
 Indirect Control

Local gov’t officials used

Limited self rule
Mix of European styles and
local rules
British Kenya & Nigeria
Positive:
● Allowed local chiefs to keep
control
● Kept fewer troops in the country
● Interference with native
customs and culture minimal
Negative:
● Economy based on export of
cash crops
● Northern Nigeria was
underdeveloped because they
did not accept British ways
Protectorate- a territory with
its own internal government
but under the control of an
outside power
Sepoy Mutiny
Rebellion of Hindu
and Muslim
soldiers against the
British in India
 Indian Nationalism

Several groups form to fight

for Indian self-rule:
● Indian National Congress
● Muslim League
Dutch East Indies
(Indonesia)
French Indochina

● Vietnam
● Cambodia
● Laos
 American
Imperialism
Florida,
Texas,
Philippines,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Samoa,
Puerto Rico,
Cuba,
Virgin Islands,
Panama Canal Zone
Economic Imperialism
Country controlled by
private business interests
rather than other
governments

Annexation
Adding a region to the
existing territory of
another country Queen Liliuokalani
Kingdom of Hawaii
 Japan (1600s-1800s)

Gov’t: Shogun (military leaders)

Isolated to protect culture and

traditions

Not interested in trading

 Com. Matthew Perry
Rolled up in there like “Let’s Go!”

Japan like “Nah Baby Nah”

...Perry pulls out his cannons...

Trading begins