COLONIZATION BASTANTE – ENGLISH III. WHAT IS COLONIZATION? “COLONIZATION IS THE ACT OF SETTING UP A COLONY AWAY FROM ONE'S PLACE OF ORIGIN.” COLONIZATION.

COLONIZATIONBASTANTE – ENGLISH III

WHAT IS COLONIZATION?

•“COLONIZATION IS THE ACT OF SETTING UP A COLONY AWAY FROM ONE'S PLACE OF ORIGIN.”

•COLONIZATION VS COLONIALISM

•COLONIALISM IS THE POLICY OR PRACTICE OF ACQUIRING FULL OR PARTIAL POLITICAL CONTROL OVER ANOTHER COUNTRY, OCCUPYING IT WITH SETTLERS, AND EXPLOITING IT ECONOMICALLY.

•GENERAL PRACTICE VS. SPECIFIC INSTANCE!

WHERE HAVE WE SEEN COLONIZATION?•ANGOLA BY PORTUGAL

•MADAGASCAR BY FRANCE

• PERU BY SPAIN

• INDONESIA BY THE NETHERLANDS

• THE PHILLIPINES BY SPAIN

•VIETNAM BY FRANCE

•WESTERN SAHARA BY SPAIN

• THE CARIBBEAN BY GREAT BRITAIN

•DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO BY BELGIUM

•OH YEAH, THE US BY GREAT BRITAIN

WHY DO PEOPLE COLONIZE?

• SPREAD WESTERN MEDICINE

• PROVIDE FORMAL EDUCATION

• INCREASE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

•ACCELERATE THE GROWTH OF A DEVELOPING NATION

WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL DANGERS IN COLONIZING AN AREA?

• EXPLOITATION OF LAND

• EXPLOITATION OF LABOR

• UNFAIR TAXATION

• TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM DEVELOPING LAND TO ITS

COLONIZERS

• SPREAD OF DISEASES

• ENSLAVED PEOPLE

COLONIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY BELGIUM • BELGIAN COLONIZATION BEGAN WITH KING LEOPOLD II IN 1885 UNTIL IT WAS

SEIZED BY BELGIUM IN 1908

• GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1960, BUT WAS LEFT UNSTABLE BECAUSE TRIBAL LEADERS HAD MORE POWER THAN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

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