Definitions Of Imperialism

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SLIDE 1. IS A PHOTO OF THE CONGAN JUNGLE (Trey) The year is 1890. You walk back to your thatch hut, an armful of rubber. You're greeted by your wife at the door, and your three children. The littlest of the three was missing a hand. It’s bandaged up. He hadn't met his quota earlier that week. He still cradles the stump, not yet adjusted to the fact that his hand is no longer adjoined to his arm. The eldest of your children doesn't talk much either. Not after that night with the officer. You had heard his screams on that night, but intervening meant death. So you put your hands over your ears and tried to block out the pain filled screams of the child you had raised from birth. You had seen his first meal, first steps, and every other milestone. …show more content…

Afterwards, the freshly renamed Roman Empire went along and conquered Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The word empire became synonymous with “conquer” because… well… that’s quite literally what it means. SLIDE 4. SHOWS THE DEFINITIONS OF IMPERIALISM AND COLONIALISM WITH ACCOMPANYING GRAPHICS (Mark, cont) In Latin, “imperator” was a military rank equivalent to that of a commander. The Latin word for imperialism literally implies conquering. Now that we know what imperialism is, what is colonialism? (Mark, cont) If imperialism is the taking of land, then colonialism is the settling of that land. In Latin, the root word for colonialism is colore, which means “to inhabit.” Colonization is the transformation – technologically, economically, and demographically – of an imperialized territory. Now that we know the difference between the two, we can begin to discuss some historical examples of imperialism and colonialism. (https://www.thoughtco.com/overview-of-belgian-colonialism-1434364) …show more content…

MONTAGE OF IMAGES RELATING TO COLUMBUS, ANDREW JACKSON, TRAIL OF TEARS, NATIVE AMERICANS IN GENERAL. MAPS AND INFORGRAPHICS ON FORCED MIGRATIONS. (Mark) The native Americans in the United States also didn't fare well. One of Columbus' first actions in America was murdering a native, to prove a point. Hundreds of years later and Andrew Jackson would be initiating the Trail of Tears, which was a forced migration of hundreds of thousand of natives, which proved heavily fatal. The natives were colonized in to near extinction. All of their land was stolen through deals they could not comprehend, and their culture was thrown out the window in cases where they didn't move. They were forced into sacrilegious acts like cutting their hair. German colonization of Eastern Europe (Wikipedia contributors. "History of German settlement in Central and Eastern Europe." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 21 Aug. 2017. Web. 26 Jan. 2018.) SLIDE 8. MONTAGE OF IMAGES RELATING TO