Thursday, March 26, 2009
Rachels Paragraph with Citations
To start, numerous events occurred due to the imperialism in South Africa. First off, there were many advances in agriculture and mining, because of the imperialism. The mining industry grew enormously, because of the vast amount of gold and diamonds in South Africa (Library of Congress). Because of this growth in the industry, new ways had to be invented to do things in a faster manner. In addition, because of the Imperialism, the Europeans thought of themselves as superior people. The Europeans thought this, because they had better technology, weapons, and could take over the African colonies. They thought they were a better and more dominant race (Wikipedia). Many Europeans and Africans also died, because of the spread of foreign diseases. Diseases like Influenza, Small pox, malaria, mumps, trachoma, etc, affected the South Africans (Library of Congress). They had never faced diseases like this before. To sum up, the effects were to a certain extent political and economic.
Callie Cause Paragraph with Citations
Secondly, the British imperialism in South Africa came from their drive to convert people to Christianity. Protestants from England were opposed to slavery, and felt it was their moral duty to stop the Swahili slave trade (Baldwin, Imperialism in Africa). They also believed that it was their job to convert non-Christians, and they sought to do so in South Africa. The British were also in competition with France over who could gain the most territory. Britain took over Niger, Nigeria, Nyasaland and Bechuanaland. The French were also threatening Britain with plans to divert the Nile River, and render their territory useless (Baldwin, Imperialism in Africa). Aside from economic reasons, the British colonized South Africa for social and political reasons.
Maddy I hope this is right! If not let me know ASAP!
here is my source also i think for Rachel:
Baldwin, Scott. "British Imperialism in Africa." Imperialism in Africa. Chico Unified School District. 17 Mar. 2009.
make sure this isn't a duplicate and that you indent the second line and that it's in alphabetical order.
Maddy I hope this is right! If not let me know ASAP!
here is my source also i think for Rachel:
Baldwin, Scott. "British Imperialism in Africa." Imperialism in Africa. Chico Unified School District. 17 Mar. 2009
make sure this isn't a duplicate and that you indent the second line and that it's in alphabetical order.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Essay Rough Draft 2
Maddy Gamble
Callie Norberg
Rachel Stein
Claire Bjerke
Maria Finsness
Mr.Cheng
1st Hour English
March 27th, 2009
Imperialism
Do you know what it feels like for a foreign power to come into your homeland, and start to control your day-to-day life? In modern times like today, most people are not experiencing this. Starting the late 1800’s, natives of Africa, India and Asia felt trapped because forces such as Britain controlled their land. This policy of a foreign power extending its hegemony over an underdeveloped area for economic, political, and social reasons is referred to as imperialism. Because of imperialism, natives are forced or decide to change their ways. This idea is portrayed in Things Fall Apart, written by Chebe. A significant character Nowye converted over to Christianity because he agreed with the core beliefs. He created a sense of belonging with the other converts, missionaries, and the Christian God. Another example is how Okonkwo, the main character, fights against the British forces that were invading his land. He did not want to appear inferior to them and he wanted to be the leader, thus he attempted to drive them out. Back to the general idea of imperialism- the causes and effects of imperialism in South Africa were many, and they all fall under the categories of social, political, and economic.
First, the British imperialized for many reasons. One of which was to protect their economy. The British economy was very dependent on trade and by developing their colonies that expanded their trade. The colonies were potential markets for industrial products. Since Africa was undeveloped, land was cheap, which simplified achieving their goal. The need to imperialize was important because the British needed to protect their trade routes with India from France and Germany. Originally, they never really cared about Africa until they discovered gold and diamonds in the 1870's. After these discoveries, there was an overseas expansion in raw materials; rubber, tin, copper, petroleum, etc. Through these developed trade routes, not only did the British economy expand, but also European merchants and entrepreneurs made personal fortunes. In conclusion, some of the British reasoning was economic.
Secondly, the British imperialism in South Africa came from their drive to convert people to Christianity. Protestants from England were opposed to slavery, and felt it was their moral duty to stop the Swahili slave trade. They also believed that it was their job to convert non-Christians, and they sought to do so in South Africa. The British were also in competition with France over who could gain the most territory. Britain took over Niger, Nigeria, Nyasaland and Bechuanaland. The French were also threatening Britain with plans to divert the Nile River, and render their territory useless. Aside from imperialism’s effects, some of the causes were social and political
To start, numerous events occurred due to the imperialism in South Africa. First off, there were many advances in agriculture and mining, because of the imperialism. The mining industry grew enormously, because of the vast amount of gold and diamonds in South Africa. Because of this growth in the industry new way had to be invented to do things in a faster manner. In addition, because of the Imperialism the Europeans thought of themselves as superior people. The Europeans thought this, because they had better technology, weapons, and could take over the African colonies they were a better and more dominant race. Many Europeans and Africans also died, because of the spread of foreign diseases. Diseases like Influenza, Small pox, malaria, mumps, trachoma, etc, affected the South Africans. They had never faced diseases like this before. To sum up, the effects were to a certain extent political and economic.
Next, many changes began to take place in the culture, the people, and infrastructure. When the British were coming in, they brought along their culture and their traditions. They brought in Christianity and missionaries. Because of the missionaries, the natives started to convert to Christianity, loosing their old religion along the way. Land was taken away from the natives, and they were forced to pay taxes (Zigler). The land that was taken away from the natives were then given to the British so that they could farm for themselves (Zigler). Lastly, the imperialism of South Africa destroyed the African ruling system. The South African countries could not maintain their infrastructure, and the Europeans built a new infrastructure. They were not strong enough to participate in the global economy once they regained independence from Europe (Wikipedia). The imperialism destroyed the traditional culture of South Africa, bought many changes to the native people, and changed the whole infrastructure that the natives built their lives around. To conclude, many of the effects were social.
I bet most of you are wondering…What can we do to prevent or stop imperialism around the world? The answer to that is quite simple- to get organized. What I mean by that is to raise funds, organize military forces against it, and establish a group determined people. There are already many present and past groups such as International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement and The Anti-Imperialist Committee of Correspondence that have been working or worked on stopping imperialism. In addition, we need to educate the younger generations about the negative effects, so that they do not get a crazy idea to imperialize. If we can abolish all foreign control, countries will be able to lead independently. That will make the world a better place!
Works Cited
Baldwin, Scott. Imperialism in Africa. Chicago. 19 Mar 2009 .
Baldwin, Scott. Imperialism in Africa. Chico Unifies School District. 3/19/09.
Cullen, Valaerie. Protecting British interests, not Christianity, was the Cause of British Imperialism. 3/19/09.
MapXL Inc. Maps of the World. New York. 2009.
Library of Congress Country Studies. May 1996. Library of Congress. 3/19/09.
THE BUILDING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES." Traditions Encounters. 15 Mar 2009. BentleyZiegler.25Mar2009.http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072957549/stu dent_view0/chapter33
Wikipedia. 3/21/09. Wikipedia Foundation Inc. 3/19/09.
Callie Norberg
Rachel Stein
Claire Bjerke
Maria Finsness
Mr.Cheng
1st Hour English
March 27th, 2009
Imperialism
Do you know what it feels like for a foreign power to come into your homeland, and start to control your day-to-day life? In modern times like today, most people are not experiencing this. Starting the late 1800’s, natives of Africa, India and Asia felt trapped because forces such as Britain controlled their land. This policy of a foreign power extending its hegemony over an underdeveloped area for economic, political, and social reasons is referred to as imperialism. Because of imperialism, natives are forced or decide to change their ways. This idea is portrayed in Things Fall Apart, written by Chebe. A significant character Nowye converted over to Christianity because he agreed with the core beliefs. He created a sense of belonging with the other converts, missionaries, and the Christian God. Another example is how Okonkwo, the main character, fights against the British forces that were invading his land. He did not want to appear inferior to them and he wanted to be the leader, thus he attempted to drive them out. Back to the general idea of imperialism- the causes and effects of imperialism in South Africa were many, and they all fall under the categories of social, political, and economic.
First, the British imperialized for many reasons. One of which was to protect their economy. The British economy was very dependent on trade and by developing their colonies that expanded their trade. The colonies were potential markets for industrial products. Since Africa was undeveloped, land was cheap, which simplified achieving their goal. The need to imperialize was important because the British needed to protect their trade routes with India from France and Germany. Originally, they never really cared about Africa until they discovered gold and diamonds in the 1870's. After these discoveries, there was an overseas expansion in raw materials; rubber, tin, copper, petroleum, etc. Through these developed trade routes, not only did the British economy expand, but also European merchants and entrepreneurs made personal fortunes. In conclusion, some of the British reasoning was economic.
Secondly, the British imperialism in South Africa came from their drive to convert people to Christianity. Protestants from England were opposed to slavery, and felt it was their moral duty to stop the Swahili slave trade. They also believed that it was their job to convert non-Christians, and they sought to do so in South Africa. The British were also in competition with France over who could gain the most territory. Britain took over Niger, Nigeria, Nyasaland and Bechuanaland. The French were also threatening Britain with plans to divert the Nile River, and render their territory useless. Aside from imperialism’s effects, some of the causes were social and political
To start, numerous events occurred due to the imperialism in South Africa. First off, there were many advances in agriculture and mining, because of the imperialism. The mining industry grew enormously, because of the vast amount of gold and diamonds in South Africa. Because of this growth in the industry new way had to be invented to do things in a faster manner. In addition, because of the Imperialism the Europeans thought of themselves as superior people. The Europeans thought this, because they had better technology, weapons, and could take over the African colonies they were a better and more dominant race. Many Europeans and Africans also died, because of the spread of foreign diseases. Diseases like Influenza, Small pox, malaria, mumps, trachoma, etc, affected the South Africans. They had never faced diseases like this before. To sum up, the effects were to a certain extent political and economic.
Next, many changes began to take place in the culture, the people, and infrastructure. When the British were coming in, they brought along their culture and their traditions. They brought in Christianity and missionaries. Because of the missionaries, the natives started to convert to Christianity, loosing their old religion along the way. Land was taken away from the natives, and they were forced to pay taxes (Zigler). The land that was taken away from the natives were then given to the British so that they could farm for themselves (Zigler). Lastly, the imperialism of South Africa destroyed the African ruling system. The South African countries could not maintain their infrastructure, and the Europeans built a new infrastructure. They were not strong enough to participate in the global economy once they regained independence from Europe (Wikipedia). The imperialism destroyed the traditional culture of South Africa, bought many changes to the native people, and changed the whole infrastructure that the natives built their lives around. To conclude, many of the effects were social.
I bet most of you are wondering…What can we do to prevent or stop imperialism around the world? The answer to that is quite simple- to get organized. What I mean by that is to raise funds, organize military forces against it, and establish a group determined people. There are already many present and past groups such as International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement and The Anti-Imperialist Committee of Correspondence that have been working or worked on stopping imperialism. In addition, we need to educate the younger generations about the negative effects, so that they do not get a crazy idea to imperialize. If we can abolish all foreign control, countries will be able to lead independently. That will make the world a better place!
Works Cited
Baldwin, Scott. Imperialism in Africa. Chicago. 19 Mar 2009 .
Baldwin, Scott. Imperialism in Africa. Chico Unifies School District. 3/19/09.
Cullen, Valaerie. Protecting British interests, not Christianity, was the Cause of British Imperialism. 3/19/09.
MapXL Inc. Maps of the World. New York. 2009.
Library of Congress Country Studies. May 1996. Library of Congress. 3/19/09.
THE BUILDING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES." Traditions Encounters. 15 Mar 2009. BentleyZiegler.25Mar2009.http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072957549/stu dent_view0/chapter33
Wikipedia. 3/21/09. Wikipedia Foundation Inc. 3/19/09.
Works Cited
Work Cited
Wikipedia. 3/21/09. Wikipedia Foundation Inc. 3/19/09.
Library of Congress Country Studies. May 1996. Library of Congress. 3/19/09.
Baldwin, Scott. Imperialism in Africa. Chico Unifies School District. 3/19/09.
Cullen, Valaerie. Protecting British interests, not Christianity, was the Cause of British Imperialism. 3/19/09.
MapXL Inc. Maps of the World. New York. 2009.
Baldwin, Scott. Imperialism in Africa. Chicago. 19 Mar 2009 .
Wikipedia. 3/21/09. Wikipedia Foundation Inc. 3/19/09.
Library of Congress Country Studies. May 1996. Library of Congress. 3/19/09.
Baldwin, Scott. Imperialism in Africa. Chico Unifies School District. 3/19/09.
Cullen, Valaerie. Protecting British interests, not Christianity, was the Cause of British Imperialism. 3/19/09.
MapXL Inc. Maps of the World. New York. 2009.
Baldwin, Scott. Imperialism in Africa. Chicago. 19 Mar 2009 .
Monday, March 23, 2009
Effects of Imperialism
In South Africa there were numerous events that occurred due to the imperialism. First off, there were many advances in agriculture and mining, because of the imperialism. The mining industry grew enormously, because of the vast amount of gold and diamonds in South Africa. Because of this growth in the industry new way had to be invented to do things in a faster manner. Also, because of the Imperialism the Europeans thought of themselves as superior people. The Europeans thought this, because they had better technology, weapons, and could take over the African colonies they were a better and more dominant race. Many Europeans and Africans also died, because of the spread of foreign diseases. The South Africans were affected by diseases like Influenza, Small pox, malaria, mumps, trachoma, etc. They had never faced diseases like this before.
Our Rough Draft essay
Maddy Gamble
Callie Norberg
Rachel Stein
Claire Bjerke
Maria Finsness
Do you know what it feels like for a foreign power to come into your homeland, and start to control your day-to-day life? In modern times like today, most people are not experiencing this. Starting the late 1800’s, natives of Africa, India and Asia felt trapped because forces such as Britain controlled their land. This policy of a foreign power extending its hegemony over an underdeveloped area for economic, political, and social reasons is referred to as imperialism. Because of imperialism, natives are forced or decide to change their ways. This idea is portrayed in Things Fall Apart, written by Chebe. A significant character Nowye converted over to Christianity because he agreed with the core beliefs. He created a sense of belonging with the other converts, missionaries, and the Christian God. Another example is how Okonkwo, the main character, fights against the British forces that were invading his land. He did not want to appear inferior to them and he wanted to be the leader, thus he attempted to drive them out. Those examples go to show that imperialism had negative and positive affects on the victim countries.
Once Britain had settled in South African, many changes began to take place in the culture, the people, and infrastructure. When the British were coming in, they brought along their culture and their traditions. They brought in Christianity and missionaries. Because of the missionaries, the natives started to convert to Christianity, loosing their old religion along the way. Land was taken away from the natives, and they were forced to pay taxes. The land that was taken away from the natives were then given to the British so that they could farm for themselves. Lastly, the imperialism of South Africa destroyed the African ruling system. The South African countries could not maintain their infrastructure, and the Europeans built a new infrastructure. They were not strong enough to participate in the global economy once they regained independence from Europe. The imperialism destroyed the traditional culture of South Africa, bought many changes to the native people, and changed the whole infrastructure that the natives built their lives around.
In South Africa there were numerous events that occurred due to the imperialism. First off, there were many advances in agriculture and mining, because of the imperialism. The mining industry grew enormously, because of the vast amount of gold and diamonds in South Africa. Because of this growth in the industry new way had to be invented to do things in a faster manner. Also, because of the Imperialism the Europeans thought of themselves as superior people. The Europeans thought this, because they had better technology, weapons, and could take over the African colonies they were a better and more dominant race. Many Europeans and Africans also died, because of the spread of foreign diseases. The South Africans were affected by diseases like Influenza, Small pox, malaria, mumps, trachoma, etc. They had never faced diseases like this before.
The British imperialism in South Africa came from their drive to convert people to Christianity. Protestants from England were opposed to slavery, and felt it was their moral duty to stop the Swahili slave trade. They also believed that it was their job to convert non-Christians, and they sought to do so in South Africa. The British were also in competition with France over who could gain the most territory. Britain took over Niger, Nigeria, Nyasaland and Bechuanaland. The French were also threatening Britain with plans to divert the Nile River, and render their territory useless. Aside from imperialism’s effects, the causes were very practical.
The British imperialized for many reasons. One of which was to protect their economy. The British economy was very dependent on trade and by developing their colonies that expanded their trade. The colonies were potential markets for industrial products. Since Africa was undeveloped, land was cheap, which simplified achieving their goal. The need to imperialize was important because the British needed to protect their trade routes with India from France and Germany. Originally, they never really cared about Africa until they discovered gold and diamonds in the 1870's. After these discoveries, there was an overseas expansion in raw materials; rubber, tin, copper, petroleum, etc. Through this developed trade routes, not only did the British economy expand, but European merchants and entrepreneurs made personal fortunes.
I bet most of you are wondering…What can we do to prevent or stop imperialism around the world? The answer to that is quite simple- to get organized. What I mean by that is to raise funds, organize military forces against it, and establish a group determined people. There are already many present and past groups such as International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement and The Anti-Imperialist Committee of Correspondence that have been working or worked on stopping imperialism. In addition, we need to educate the younger generations about the negative effects, so that they do not get a crazy idea to imperialize. If we can abolish all foreign control, countries will be able to lead independently. That will make the world a better place!
Callie Norberg
Rachel Stein
Claire Bjerke
Maria Finsness
Do you know what it feels like for a foreign power to come into your homeland, and start to control your day-to-day life? In modern times like today, most people are not experiencing this. Starting the late 1800’s, natives of Africa, India and Asia felt trapped because forces such as Britain controlled their land. This policy of a foreign power extending its hegemony over an underdeveloped area for economic, political, and social reasons is referred to as imperialism. Because of imperialism, natives are forced or decide to change their ways. This idea is portrayed in Things Fall Apart, written by Chebe. A significant character Nowye converted over to Christianity because he agreed with the core beliefs. He created a sense of belonging with the other converts, missionaries, and the Christian God. Another example is how Okonkwo, the main character, fights against the British forces that were invading his land. He did not want to appear inferior to them and he wanted to be the leader, thus he attempted to drive them out. Those examples go to show that imperialism had negative and positive affects on the victim countries.
Once Britain had settled in South African, many changes began to take place in the culture, the people, and infrastructure. When the British were coming in, they brought along their culture and their traditions. They brought in Christianity and missionaries. Because of the missionaries, the natives started to convert to Christianity, loosing their old religion along the way. Land was taken away from the natives, and they were forced to pay taxes. The land that was taken away from the natives were then given to the British so that they could farm for themselves. Lastly, the imperialism of South Africa destroyed the African ruling system. The South African countries could not maintain their infrastructure, and the Europeans built a new infrastructure. They were not strong enough to participate in the global economy once they regained independence from Europe. The imperialism destroyed the traditional culture of South Africa, bought many changes to the native people, and changed the whole infrastructure that the natives built their lives around.
In South Africa there were numerous events that occurred due to the imperialism. First off, there were many advances in agriculture and mining, because of the imperialism. The mining industry grew enormously, because of the vast amount of gold and diamonds in South Africa. Because of this growth in the industry new way had to be invented to do things in a faster manner. Also, because of the Imperialism the Europeans thought of themselves as superior people. The Europeans thought this, because they had better technology, weapons, and could take over the African colonies they were a better and more dominant race. Many Europeans and Africans also died, because of the spread of foreign diseases. The South Africans were affected by diseases like Influenza, Small pox, malaria, mumps, trachoma, etc. They had never faced diseases like this before.
The British imperialism in South Africa came from their drive to convert people to Christianity. Protestants from England were opposed to slavery, and felt it was their moral duty to stop the Swahili slave trade. They also believed that it was their job to convert non-Christians, and they sought to do so in South Africa. The British were also in competition with France over who could gain the most territory. Britain took over Niger, Nigeria, Nyasaland and Bechuanaland. The French were also threatening Britain with plans to divert the Nile River, and render their territory useless. Aside from imperialism’s effects, the causes were very practical.
The British imperialized for many reasons. One of which was to protect their economy. The British economy was very dependent on trade and by developing their colonies that expanded their trade. The colonies were potential markets for industrial products. Since Africa was undeveloped, land was cheap, which simplified achieving their goal. The need to imperialize was important because the British needed to protect their trade routes with India from France and Germany. Originally, they never really cared about Africa until they discovered gold and diamonds in the 1870's. After these discoveries, there was an overseas expansion in raw materials; rubber, tin, copper, petroleum, etc. Through this developed trade routes, not only did the British economy expand, but European merchants and entrepreneurs made personal fortunes.
I bet most of you are wondering…What can we do to prevent or stop imperialism around the world? The answer to that is quite simple- to get organized. What I mean by that is to raise funds, organize military forces against it, and establish a group determined people. There are already many present and past groups such as International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement and The Anti-Imperialist Committee of Correspondence that have been working or worked on stopping imperialism. In addition, we need to educate the younger generations about the negative effects, so that they do not get a crazy idea to imperialize. If we can abolish all foreign control, countries will be able to lead independently. That will make the world a better place!
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