Age+of+Discovery+vs+Age+of+New+Imperialism

Stacy Luu [Sorry about the weird formatting]

Prompt: Compare and contrast the motives for European overseas expansion during the Age of Discovery (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries) and during the Age of New Imperialism (nineteenth and early twentieth centuries).

**Thesis: **Motives such as the need for more land and more connection to God shaped the Age of Discovery as well as the Age of New Imperialism, but the coming of a new age of expansion and exploration also brought new motives such as nationalism and capitalism.

How I would set up this FRQ: P1: Intro P2: Motives for European overseas expansion during Age of Discovery (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries) P3: Motives for Age of New Imperialism (nineteenth and early twentieth centuries) P4: Compare/Contrast P5: Conclusion __Outline: __ Motives for European overseas expansion during Age of Discovery · Age of expansion = European transition from agrarian economy of Middle Ages to commercial and industrial capitalistic system. · Wanted expansion · Didn’t have connections with goods of Asia and Africa. Works of Muslim philosophers. · Attracted to lands outside of Europe · //<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The Travels of John Mandeville //<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> spoke of realms filled with stones and gold · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Marco went on missions. His book, //Travels//. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Interest in possibility of reaching Asia by sea to gain access to spices and other items of the region. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Christopher Columbus · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">“Serve God and His Majesty, to give light to those who were in darkness, and to grow rich, as all men desire to do”. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Religious zeal. Strong in Portugal and Spain. Ex: Henry the Navigator.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">Motives for New Age of Imperialism: · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Claiming overseas territory. “New Imperialism” = carved up Asia & Africa · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Lots of competition for land. European states acquired colonies abroad that provided ports and stations. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">New nationalism tied to conservatism. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Social Darwinism and racism. Social Darwinists = Struggle between nations, the fit are victorious. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">“White Man’s Burden” = helped rationalize imperialism in own minds. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Need for superiority of civilization. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Economic motivation: Great demand for natural resources and products found outside of Western countries. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Economic imperialism by which Euro finance dominated economic activity of the world. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Vladimir Lenin’s //Imperialism, the Highest Stage of World Capitalism//. Idea that capitalism leads to imperialism. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">Compare/Contrast · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Comparison: They both wanted expansion & more land. More land = more power. · <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Contrast: During the Age of Discovery, they focused on religion as well as land. During the Age of Imperialism, they had more influences like capitalism and Darwinism.

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2 outside sources: <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Greenberger, Allen J. "Imperialism." //World Book Advanced//. World Book, 2011. Web. 26 Apr. 2011. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Spielvogel, Jackson J. "Western Civilization."