Section outline

  • THEMATIC FOCUS

    Governance GOV
    A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion, and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise power in different ways and for different purposes.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    Unit 6: Learning Objective B
    Compare processes by which state power shifted in various parts of the world from 1750 to 1900.

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

    KC-5.2.I.A
    Some states with existing colonies strengthened their control over those colonies and in some cases assumed direct control over colonies previously held by non-state entities.

    KC-5.2.I.B
    European states as well as the United States and Japan acquired territories throughout Asia and the Pacific, while Spanish and Portuguese influence declined.

    KC-5.2.I.C
    Many European states used both warfare and diplomacy to expand their empires in Africa.

    KC-5.2.I.D
    Europeans established settler colonies in some parts of their empires.

    KC-5.2.II.B
    The United States, Russia, and Japan expanded their land holdings by conquering and settling neighboring territories.