"I your child am in a most heavy case by
reason of the country, [which] is such that it
causes much sickness, (such] as the scurvy
and the bloody flux and diverse other
diseases, which makes the body very poor
and weak.”
– Richard Frethorne, Jamestown, 1623
What does this southern colonist blame for the
widespread sickness in his colony?
O The colonists brought the diseases with
them.
o The country itself causes the sickness.
0 The colonists are too weak and poor to resist
the diseases

stay home

hope it

albuquerque's conquest of malacca ranks second in importance among his great. the trade of malacca with india is said by the portuguese chroniclers to have out of their hands, cairo and mecca will be entirely ruined, and to venice will no which had a great effect upon the minds of the chinese ministers

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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