Native American Imperialism

Imperialism had several diverse impacts on Asia, Africa, and Europe. The pros about imperialism, was that new roads and railroads that were built connected many parts of India. The introduction of the telegraph and postal systems united many people. Discovering new agricultural methods improved farming in the west and in Africa and Asia. Schools that were built by the British educated many people. Human rights were recognized, by ending customs that threatened many humans.

The 1800s were a time of change in the world. Industry and imperialism became the main focus of many nations, no nation more than Great Britain. Britain already being a world power, lead the charge of industry throughout the world, using their far superior technology at the time to imperialize and colonize almost any nation that would benefit them. Britain was the workshop of the world and required an abundance of raw materials to fuel their industry. After losing a majority of its land in the west to American independence, Britain turned its attention to the east. Britain expanded to Africa and India both full of resources, and both full of people with different cultures, customs, and religions. When the British colonized these new lands, they changed things. Britain advanced the land and the territories greatly in terms of technology and society, it came at the expense of the native peoples.

The first positive impact European Imperialism had on the world is education. Before European colonization and the introduction of Western education, traditional educational systems still existed in Africa The average African child was taught basic survival skills necessary to survive in the traditional society. They were taught how to fish, trade and crafts, etc. (Education Western Africa.) Although already knew

When the Europeans came to the Americans they carried the diseases without knowing. Making majority of the population sick. Tribe after tribe they died because they could not fight these diseases. This clearly made more room for the Europeans but in a tragic way. Similarly, the European Empires were different from the Russian, Chinese, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires in their reasonings for expansion.

America, land of the free, home of the brave, unless you’re not white. The United States of America was built on immigrants, but the more proper term would be imperialists. It is widely known that Native Americans were here first, but they barely acknowledge it. Instead children are taught about Christopher Columbus, the pilgrims, and the founding fathers. Colonists felt the need to kill, annex, and annihilate an entire culture to capitalize off of “undiscovered” lands. As a result, Native American culture is almost extinct, the impact that colonists had on Native Americans were catastrophic; natives were forced to change their way of life and culture to adjust to new conquerors brought by Columbus, when westerners kept pushing west, battles and massacres ensued and Natives were forced to assimilate into American culture. Native Americans are still ignored and are pushed to the back burner. We claim that we are progressive, but the Dakota Pipeline Project seems to contradict that statement. Today, we still aren’t progressing and it shows when we still have a holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus “discovering” the new world.

In conclusion, European imperialism had a both positive and negative effect on Africa and Asia, while the majority of people fail to comprehend the positive facet of the topic. Europe introduced education, religion, trade, and government to the people, but the way in which they forced these things upon the native people is where they went wrong. When they forced themselves on the native people it ruined the interactions between

Many thought that the beginning of the Colombian trade network was unnecessary to Europe’s success. In Document 4, Bernardin de Saint Pierre says while the trade between Africa, Europe, and the Americas benefitted Europe, it also caused “unhappiness of two great regions of the world [America and Africa].” Because of trade, African and Native American societies were reduced to give luxury to European societies. This did not help the common global good, and it was unfair international trade because the Europeans were getting sugar, something which is not a necessity, while the New World and Africa lost two very necessary items for a successful community: people and land. Another negative effect of globalization was the number of casualties between the interaction of the Native Americans and the Europeans. Whether it was on purpose or not, many Native Americans dies “not as a result of hard labor...but because of contagious diseases [of the Europeans]”(D’Souza). Native Americans had a high increase in casualties because of the deadly diseases being spread through the Colombian trade

Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, people around the world lived with awful conditions, as they lacked more modern innovations. Such innovations included indoor plumbing, roads, and faster means of transportations (Hobson 103). With the Europeans introducing the native people to these types of inventions, it’s clear that positive development ensued, as only good can come from many things that the Europeans had brought with them. Especially in Africa, which came almost completely under European control in 1884 following the Berlin Conference, the territories developed for the better. Indoor plumbing, among many other things brought better sanitations, ultimately leading to less disease (Lynn). Developed roads and faster means of transportation, including steam boats to move goods from continent to continent, meant it was considerably easier to maintain international trade. With faster transportation, Africans were introduced to a number of products that had previously been unavailable, because of the length of time needed to ship them. They were also able to export goods, typically through the European nation that was controlling them, which brought in a new source of income (Said 114). Imperialism often did good for the people living in in areas that were significantly

The printing press allowed for stories of fortune in colonies to travel back to the mother country, luring citizens to come explore also. Advancements in weaponry and sailing allowed for easier journeys and quicker confrontations with the Indians. The factor that played a hefty role in colonization only to technology was religion. Christianity served as justification for colonization and intrigued missionaries to colonize new lands. To ignorant Europeans, colonization was simply helping Indians and spreading religion. This brought more people and wealth to the colonies in support for Christianity. The third reason that Europeans were able to colonize so rapidly and efficiently was the desire for national glory. Competition has driven people and countries to obtain new lands and resources before the others. Once one country created a colony, the race for land was on between European powerhouses. Technology, religion, and the quest for national glory were the three main reasons why Europeans were able to conquer so much land in such a short period of

The British policies required India to produce raw materials for means of British production and to buy British merchandise. The British forbid competition between India and Britain. After the railroad network was set up, India became even more valuable to Britain. The railroads transported raw materials from the inner lands to the trading ports, in a rotating sequence.

The Spanish war gave the United States an empire. At the end of the Spanish war the United States took Spanish colonies such as Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and many other islands. The creation of the American Empire leads to the end of the Spanish Empire. The United States wanted to build up the countries so that markets would open up and purchase American goods and to improve the American economy.

The indigenous people of Africa suffered many setbacks, when the Europeans arrived. When the Europeans arrived in Africa they made the indigenous people feel inferior, lack self-confidence, and be stripped of their responsibility. As shown by Document 2, when it says, “...convince us that our civilization was nothing less than savagery, thus giving us complexes which led to our being branded as irresponsible and lacking in self-confidence.” Some people may agree, that this seems like something out of a genocide. Originally the indigenous people of Africa were supposed to be cheap labor. However, this soon changed when the Europeans enslaved the African people. This is portrayed in Document 6, when it says, “...Beneath the noonday sun, My brother was strong…” By doing this they stole all of the human rights from the Africans, who had done nothing wrong. This is shown in Document 3, when it says, “Whereas fundamental human rights...are denied to Africans.” During this extremely horrific time in African history men were worked to death, and women were raped. This is found in Document 6, when it says,”The White Man killed my father,My father was proud, The White Man seduced my mother, My mother was beautiful.” This shows the negative effects are much worse for the Africans, than for the Europeans. But, there are some positives in this dark hour. When the Europeans arrived in Africa, they provided the

One of the ways of getting rid of First Nation’s problems to their knowledge was to massacre all the buffalo bisons, because they were a great source of food to Aboriginals. The word that comes to mind is ecocide where humans were in charge and responsible of eliminating millions of buffalo's that led to their extinction for some time. Bison hunting led to mass starvation for Aboriginals. Without the Bisons that held a spiritual value and component, the ceremonies lost their strength. Children were taken away from their parents and were put in residential school where children had to grow up with Christian values and European standards in order to become civilized. Even though Aboriginals could adapt to any situation, the government did not

Although imperialism had several negative impacts on certain regions, it lead to the introduction of a better government system and improvement in technology. The efforts put in by Europe to colonize weak countries resulted in improvement of education and sanitation in the colonized countries. Africa specially gained a lot from Imperialism. Schools and hospitals were built,

In the colonisation discussion this positive vs. negative aspect showed. On the negative side, there was disease and famine. The Europeans brought syphilis, which killed many Africans, and then they only focused on the cash crops, which did not allow the Africans to grow their food that they needed to survive. However, there was positives brought up, including the setting up of roads and electricity in some parts of the continent. Overall, though, these negatives outweigh the positives.