Effects Of Imperialism In Sri Lanka

After the Spanish-American war in 1898, America attained much power. The defeat of Spain led the U.S. to the broadening their horizons through international expansion. Seeing how the U.S. rivals had already established overseas empires, the U.S. wanted to emulate. They jumped into action and produced a ‘foreign policy’ giving America the right to build empires in areas such as Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The american foreign policy of imperialism, exerting military, economic, or political control over weaker nations, was unjustified due to geographic greed for resources, unjustified subjugation, and cultural oppression through white washing.

Imperialism was an extremely big deal throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. There were many occurrences where people who were involved in imperialism would succeed, but there were also failures. Throughout this time period, powers from Europe, the United States and Japan all contributed to both the positive and negative impacts of imperialism. These impacts affected parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Some of the few people that made huge changes during the “Age of Imperialism” are Dadabha Naoroji, J.A. Hobson, Mary Kingsley, Edgar Canisius, Albert Beveridge, and Rudyard Kipling.

Britain became the vast and mighty Empire upon which the sun never set through the development and use of what is, in modern terms, referred to as Imperialism. The British approach to the colonization of India came out of: the European, specifically British, superiority mindset; the practical approach of attaining resources in return for modernization and “guardianship”; and the solidification of Britain as the world’s dominating force. Britain’s use of Imperialism, as a necessity to maintain its Empire, acted as the catalyst of the Indian Rebellion.

From the time of the 1500s, a policy of expansion known as imperialism had been practiced by many countries due to political, economic and social reasons. The result of imperialism can be viewed differently based on a person or country’s perspective. Some country benefited from imperialism while others are imperialized and taken over. There are two time periods of imperialism, old and new imperialism. Old imperialism occurred from the 1500s-1700 while new imperialism occurred from the 1700s to the 1900s. Old imperialism focused on mercantilism and conquering while new imperialism focused on capitalism and obtaining resources. One area new imperialism was practiced was the Indian subcontinent.

Alma Budovic Final Paper Part 1 HST-111-22 5/1/2015 In his piece “The Tools of Empire”, Daniel Headrick explores and analyzes the way that technological innovations led European countries to colonize countries in Asia, by providing the means for them to do so. He aims to ''analyze the technological changes that made imperialism happen, both as they enabled motives to produce events, and as they enhanced the motives themselves’’_ He uses Great Britain and China as an example throughout the first two chapters of his piece to demonstrate how these innovations led to British imperialism in China. Technological innovations such as the steamboat provided the both the means and motives for British imperialism in China. Technological innovations gave Great Britain an advantage, by allowing them to conquer China.

The whole notion behind imperialism, more often than not, is regarded as a negative chapter in history, due to the obvious damaging effects that it had (for the purpose of this inquiry) on India specifically. Regardless of that fact, we need to analyze this era with an

Imperialism has been a big factor in the world’s economy for a fairly long time now. So, it must be a good thing right? …Right? Well… yes and no. It really just depends on who you’re asking, really. If you ask someone from England, they might say yes. If you ask someone from India, however, that’s a different story. The reason for this is because the true answer is not so black and white. There are several factors that tie into this overarching discussion. What good has it done? What bad has come out of it? These are all factors to consider. In India’s case - in my opinion - it’s not such a good thing. Why? While Britain did do some good during their time controlling India, they ended up crippling the country in the long run.

The negative and positive effects of imperialism brought highs and lows. Some of the lows were old indian industries, the stop of economic development, the growth of poverty, and unemployment on a vast scale which was caused by the destruction of the industry and some of the positives were better machinery and the growth of trade.. Some old indian industries included shipbuilding, metalwork, glass, paper, and crafts were broken up into pieces. Because of the old indian industries being torn down, the economic development of India stopped and the growth of a new industry was prevented. The new industry was to be better and more efficient when compared to the old Indian industries.

During the 1800s, there were many territories that different states owned. In order to help their economy grow they believed in manifest destiny, which was that it is a god given right overspread from coast to coast. The United States went to war with many different territories with trying to expand. They wanted to have the best economy, to do that they attempted to buy territories and then go to war with them if that didn’t work. Imperialism is what led the United States, Mexico, and Spain in conflict with each other. The United States believed that they could led Mexico and the territory Spain owned in a better place because they thought that Spain wasn’t helping them boost up their economy.

An empire on is ways to conquer the world to decorate its dear crown could not mistakenly forget to collect its chief jewel. The country of diversity, riches and abundant resources caught the avaricious eyes of the British right after the British gained political power in France in 1763. India’s peaceful atmosphere and lack of being politically unified, due to its vast culture and diversity, paved the way for the British to capture more than just a trading agreement with the British East India Company. Although the British are worthy of receiving partial credit for modernizing India, the negative effects cannot be overlooked since far more damage had been done than rectification. They greedily fueled their economy while draining India’s, socially impacted their jewel in a negative manner in the name of modernization and tore apart the land of diversity and culture while stealing words from the oppressed.

Did you know that the British laid the foundations of modern-day India? This was one of the few positive acts the British made towards India. Many of the acts Britain made towards India benefited themselves not the Indians. You may be thinking that the British did a great thing by creating infrastructure in India, however, they created numerous complications in the government, economics, and socialism of India resulting in death among several millions of innocent civilians.

Over the course of history, starting from the early 16th century there have been several countries that have strived to imperialize other countries in order to achieve a myriad of goals. Consequently, imperialism has led to monumental effects that were viewed from a variety of perspectives. Great Britain was among the many countries that set up a policy of expansion and imperialized foreign powers including India and Africa. Overall, it is inevitable that Britain’s motives in imperialism was to obtain raw materials and resources which was spurred by the Industrial Revolution, a greater need for markets in order to sell goods, and a final motive being the want to spread Christianity. Although imperialism allowed Britain to gain more power, exclusive trading rights and land, it

From the time you are young and learning about the 13 original colonies, you are exposed to Imperialism. Imperialism being a “mother country” who takes over another (or several) different, less powerful nations to collect more income, obtain more resources and spread their culture. About 300 years ago India was desirable because of their rich land for crops and the large population of people to work. India was so irresistible to the British that their rule over them lasted about 200 years, although they helped create a uniform government, develop a modern infrastructure and founded universities, it resulted in great damage to the Indians. Including, no control over their own government, destruction of beautiful, healthy land and millions of deaths.

Imperialism changed the society of the mother countries colonies. When British started establishing themselves in Southeast Asia in the 1800’s the people of Canton were not happy about their presence. They referred to the English “as nature's more greedy than anacondas or swine,” (The People of Canton, 3) and “Dogs, whose desires can never be satisfied.” (The People of Canton, 12) They thought that the only way to rebel against them, even if the gods are disappointed in them at the moment. Not all societies viewed the British as a “villainous,” and “beast-like.” The people of India thought the British helped their society for the better. The English helped them with the “destruction of dacoits, thugs, pindarees and other pests of Indian Society.”

British imperialism had a negative impact on the politics of India because of the unfair ruling/structure