The World in 1900
Mindmap to show that different aspects of the powers in 1900. Includes the Great Powers and how each tried to outdo the other
- Created by: Emily
- Created on: 18-03-13 09:17
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- The World in 1900
- Great Powers
- Britain
- Germany
- France
- Austria-Hungary
- Russia
- Italy
- Each power wanted to control the worlds trade and be as wealthy as possible
- Britain
- Became rich through selling manufactured goods to colonies
- Early 20th century, British dominance came under threat.
- Great Powers tried to outdo others by producing more maufactured good and selling them overseas
- The country that made and sold the most goods would become more rich and powerful than the others
- Dominance was threatened by Germany and France
- The United States
- British dominance also under threat from the 'new' power - The US
- By 1900, immigration meant that the USA had higher populations than Britain and France
- It would only be a matter of time before the US began to produce and sell more maufactured goods and become richer than Britain
- The Ottoman Empire
- Controlled large areas of land in Eastern Europe.
- Power was growing weaker
- Austria-Hungary and Russia wanted to take land from the Ottomans
- Great Powers
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