AP World History: Modern / Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization (c. 1750–1900)
6.4 Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900
Notes
Colonies produced cash crops and raw materials (cotton, rubber, palm oil, sugar) for industrial economies. Export economies developed in Latin America (beef, guano). New technology (steamships, railroads) sped trade.
Practice
Colonies often specialized in:
Export economies.
Rubber from the Congo was extracted using:
Atrocities.
Industrial nations needed colonies largely for:
Supply chains.
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