Colonialism and Spheres of Influence (1)

For Monday's class, please read chapter 15 to page 326, and be prepared to answer the following questions:

• How did the new imperialism of the 19th century differ from the per-1800 mercantilist economies?
• What are some of the explanations for the causes of imperialism?
• What gave Westerners "a new sense of overwhelming self-confidence in the superiority of their civilization"?
• What raw materials and markets were they after?
• Why does Murphey describe Imperialism as a disease?
• How did Indians respond to British control? To Queen Victoria?
• Who mainly ran colonial India with its population of 350 million people?
• Why did the British Raj move its capital from Calcutta to Delhi?
• Who wanted independence for India and why? What delayed it?
• Why did civil disobedience movements spread after World War I, and what were the consequences? 
• Why did the British take over Singapore and Burma?
• What effect did British colonialism have on the population of Malaya?
• Describe "The White Man's Burden."