Aftermath of the Boer War

I. Peace of Vereeniging, May 1902

II. Costs of the War

France’s “Old Imperial System”

I. North America and the Caribbean

II. Organization of Empire

III. Ancien Régime Subjugation and Control

IV. Revolutionary “Égalité”

A. Question of Slavery

V. Napoleon’s Empire

Post-1815 Empire

I. Centralization and Authoritarianism

II. Mercantilism

A. L’exclusif

III. Primacy of domestic politics

IV. Conquest of Algiers

A. Charles X

B. Louis Philippe

C. Migration and settlement

V. Assimilation

A. Ideals: tariff system, metropolitan pattern of government, representation, cultural assimilation—“La France d’outre-mer”

B. Realities: concentration of power in Paris, lack of autonomy, limited representation

VI. Types of colonies: Colonies incorporées, protectorates, mandates

VII. Types of colonials: Nationals with or without citizenship, subjects

VIII. Economics of Empire

Course of Expansion

I. Napoleon III’s “New Imperialism”

A. Senegal and Louis Faiderherbe

B. Indochina

C. Egypt

II. Challenges of the Third Republic

III. Jules Ferry’s “New Imperialism”

A. Tunisia, Indochina, Madagascar, Congo, etc.