SUPERPOWERS - Imperial power and empire building
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- Created on: 17-04-18 17:21
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- Imperial power - empire building
- An empire is a group of territories and their peoples ruled over by one country, usually taken by conquest. the conquered territories are usually called colonies.
- 1500-1950 was the imperial phase
- European powers such as the UK, Spain, Portugal, France and Germany conquered small coastal lands and islands (Jamaica)
- Navy's and armies protect the land from enemies travelling by sea.
- Businesses, often government owned, exploited resources by mining (gold and tin) and plantation farming (coffee, tea, rubber).
- coastal colonies extend inland
- religion and sport introduced
- governments set up to rule
- trade, farms and technology follow.
- governments set up to rule
- religion and sport introduced
- coastal colonies extend inland
- Businesses, often government owned, exploited resources by mining (gold and tin) and plantation farming (coffee, tea, rubber).
- Navy's and armies protect the land from enemies travelling by sea.
- European powers such as the UK, Spain, Portugal, France and Germany conquered small coastal lands and islands (Jamaica)
- Britain had the largest empire, reaching its peak in 1920 when it controlled 24% of the world's land.
- anybody who rebelled the empire ruling would be brutally suppressed.
- Today, a mini empire by Russia over Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.
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