Gotta love the College Board here… “Rationale”… That’s cute. These are the excuses, both real and imagined, as to why the Europeans are setting out around the world to conquer. This ain’t 1492. The Europeans aren’t dependent on Smallpox and a few garbage muskets to save them. This time, they have the backing of the Industrial Revolution (UNIT 5). The Europeans are set to go out and take over a HUGE chunk of the world. Why? These are are the RATIONALES for IMPERIALISM.

1. WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
2. SOCIAL DARWINISM
3. COLONIES
4. PROTECTORATES
5. SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

1. On Colonies and Colonization (1848), John Stuart Mill
2. Last Journals of David Livingstone: 1863-1865, David Livingstone
3. Confession of Faith (1877), Cecil Rhodes
4. The White Man’s Burden (1899), Rudyard Kipling.
5. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917), Vladimir Lenin

1. The White Man’s Burden,April 1 1899, Judge Magazine

2 Ad for Pear’s Soap, 1890s

3. Livingstone and the Lion (Memorial statue in Scotland)

4. England and France at the Suez Canal, 19th Century

5. What the United States has Fought For (c. 1900)

1. The Europeans are coming.
2. They are industrialized and are even more advanced than the last wave.
3. They will use their industrial might to take over your lands for the Raw Materials and to provide Markets to sell their industrially produced stuff.
4. They have a million excuses. Religion (missionaries), Science (Social Darwinism), Economics (Competition), Helping (White Man’s Burden)
5. But, the ONLY REAL rationale is to exploit your resources and dominate your markets.