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Today we had a substitute and worked on a ditto. The ditto was all about imperialism and was written by a British Missionary urging the annexation of the South Sea Islands in 1883. New Hebrides was a group of islands that Britain wanted to take over. They liked it for the following reason. Shows some of the motives for imperialism. What is imperialism again?
 It was in a good location: connecting Fiji to New Guinea. Why is this important?
 The people living there wanted to be taken over by the British would provide excellent protection, and they feared a brutal takeover by the French. Competition between the nations.
 Britain is funding New Hebrides with men and money to civilize and Christianize them. It would be stupid to waist all of that money by letting someone else take over New Hebrides and get all the credit for the Britain’s work.
 New Hebrides is already dependent on Britain: all their imports and exports involve Britain. new markets
 They have excellent resources in New Hebrides: rich soil, sugar cane, corn, cotton, coffee, arrowroot, spices, etc.
 If someone else took them over it would be a threat for Britain because of their location. It would be dangerous for Britain to travel in the South Seas and it would also be dangerous for Britain’s colonies in that area.
 Many British missionaries have converted the people of New Hebrides to Christianity. If someone else took them over all the work of the British would be lost.
 It would overall be beneficial for Britain to control the islands of New Hebrides.
How does industrialization lead to imperialism?

We had to answer the two questions on the bottom of the page about this ditto. If you didn’t already, textbook assignment #4 is due no later than Wednesday. Tonight’s homework is going to be posted by Mrs. Separ on the blog.
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