British Blue Book Analysis

Opposing the prevailing desire of Belgian parliamentarians to avoid the expense of colonies, he argued, "Belgium doesn't exploit the world... It's a taste we have got to make her learn." (p38)

Some of these colonies included, Tanzania, Rwanda, Cameroon, Namibia, and Botswana. Germany hit a major loss in their economy by losing 60 million tons of coal. After the industrial land was given away, Germany only had access to 78 million tons of coal per year (Doc A). Adolf Hitler recognized the need for German territory, In his book “Mein Kampf’ He states the need for German expansion or the “Jewish Peril”.

The approaches Britain and Spain had towards colonization were reflected in their treatment of Native Americans. Ultimately, both countries were primarily interested in the expansion of their empires, the enrichment of their economies and their own political power, and their treatment of the natives is indicative of these aims. As Spain’s only purpose for colonization was to conquer land for their empire, the

The above epitomizes what Marlow thinks about what colonialism really brought to Africa.  Some Europeans may have genuinely believed in the idea of colonialism as being noble, but this "belief in the idea" cannot save the horrible actions of colonialism or make them acceptable.  Indeed this false belief in an idea, rather then the practicalities of colonialism only aids to brutality of such actions.

Documents1, 3, and 4 support the idea that one of the causes that led to World War II included Germany’s attempt of imperialism. Document 1, an excerpt from Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, explains some of Hitler’s ideas of forming a regime first in order to gain lands that had been taken away after German defeat in World War I. Document 1 is biased since it has been written by Hitler’s point of view who only wants to brainwash the German masses into supporting his

Cleanse is an Australian body soap company who produce and wholesale their products out to supermarket chains such as Woolworths and Coles. The company has been operating for over 3 years and has established a head office in Brisbane and Sydney with over 200 employees in its Australian operations. In addition to its Australian operations, Cleanse also has a branch in Delhi, India where they produce the same product and wholesale Cleanse products

As a small island country with a strong sense of superiority to natives, Britain focused more on establishing permanent settlements for its booming population rather than religious conversion of natives or diplomacy in its colonization of the New World. This bled into the American ideals of western expansion and disregard for those who stand in their way.

Africa DBQ     Africa is an extremely large continent filled with 54 countries. European occupation of Africa has shaped the very structure and function of many of these diverse countries. Socially and economically, European influence is very obvious through imperialism, the act of one country extending power and rule over another, as well as colonization, the act of establishing a colony in another country. The effects of European imperialism and colonization have greatly damaged Africa in many different aspects of life.     European imperialism as well as colonization worked to control much of Africa.

Rhodes believes that for this to happen the British need the other countries land so that the British empire could continue to grow. While Rhodes is probably wrong when he claimed that the British are the “superior” race. On the other hand, i agree that the white man’s burden was a big part of imperialism. Rhodes is not the only one to bring up the white man’s burden in his work, in An Anthology of West African Verse, by David Diop, he also mentioned the white man’s burden in his piece, but unlike Rhodes’s he doesn’t show the positive side to the white man’s burden (doc 4). Diop argues that the white man’s burden wasn’t helpful at all. From his point of view the “white men” killed, seduced, and hurt his family, and after they had done that they had tried to “educate him”. You can tell from his Diop complains about the white man’s burden in his writing, and he believes that it

National competition played an important role in imperialism in Africa. Africa has a lot of valuable natural resources the Europe couldn’t wait to get their hands on. Document A (Partition of Africa) the map shows the competition in Africa over the different territories. Many things encouraged this competition including the drive to obtain natural resources so that they could make money. Whereas in Document B it explains the importance of obtaining new land and exhibits the belief that the more land you have the more influence and power you have over everyone else.

British imperialism did not benefit the Indians politically because the British maintained almost a complete control of the government and also controlling the Indians lives, a way they did that was by having the police kill innocent people. Their police killed 400 people at Amritsar because they were protesting (Gandhi). Yes, the British might of had a well established efficient government in their eyes because they had everything under control but, out of the 960 people who ran their government only 60 of them were Indian and the other 900 were British (Doc 2). That matters

In history, colonization was a truly popular tradition practiced by great and powerful empires in order to extract and retrieve all materials necessary to support their homeland. However, in order to achieve such sense of commerce and well-being, those colonists who had the power, had to colonize weaker and far less advanced societies. Great powers such as Britain and France would then travel to these societies and implement their rule in order to gain prosperity. Some, those who benefited from colonization, felt that the practice of colonization was an obligation to better the “uncivilized,” societies and help them advance, but the emotional and physical hurt that came from colonizing outweighed the positive aspects. The intention was good, but the manner in which colonization was carried out was poor. This topic is immensely controversial that pieces such as Kipling’s poem, “A White Man’s Burden,” and Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart,” have been written in order to support or go against colonization. But despite much debate, colonization has been a tradition that has caused those regions being colonized much struggle and negativity.

With this notion of “genocide” still being a new term, historians such as Horst Drechsler and Helmut Bley in 1966 begin to examine the German colony of South West Africa under the context of possible genocide. These authors are writing in an era of post-WWII, Cold War ideologies. This topic inspiring heated debates on genocide, reparations, and the connection to the Holocaust. It continues to be a topic of discussion in an African independence, contemporary time frame with historians such as Jürgen Zimmerer, Benjamin Madley, and Werner Hillebrecht. Dividing these debates into two sections of focus ask the question, was the German-Herero war genocide, and if so how does it connect to the Holocaust 30 years later. Historians challenged the notion

In order to fully understand how Britain’s decision to go to war against Germany is best explained one must engage into the debate revolving around the question of the extent to which Britain and other countries were responsible for causing war. This helps explain the intention Britain had for war which is vital in understanding their decision making process to cause war in the first place. Some schools of thought have come to the conclusion that it was everybody or nobody- the continent “slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay.”1 That analysis will be considered in this essay as will the widespread thesis that it was Germany’s aggression which not only created the preconditions for war, but also triggered Britain into war with the political imbalance of power being created from the growing naval and colonial expansion of Germany. Other factors that help explain why Britain went to war against Germany

Colonization is a controversial matter. This is especially true when it comes to the British, who have colonized nearly every country (only 22 countries have not been settled by Britain). The British presence in India was one of the most controversial of all of their colonizations. Many believe it was positive for the country, others believe it was not. However, the positives far outweigh the negatives: Better infrastructure, Western education, and the British bringing political peace and order.