European exploration objectives
Convert to Christianity and exploit resources.
Colonial race start
Intensified after 1870 with territorial competition.
Abd el Kader resistance
Led Algerian resistance against French colonization.
Colonial partition completion
By 1914, Britain and France held most colonies.
Types of colonial rule
Protectorates, exploitation colonies, settlement colonies.
Economic organization in colonies
Resource extraction and large-scale agriculture.
Largest colonial empire 1914
British Empire.
Second largest colonial empire
French Empire.
Colonies of settlement example
Algeria and Australia.
Military in conquest role
Used force to achieve colonial expansion.
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