Negative Effects Of European Imperialism

Imperialism was in its prime from the 1800s all the way up to 1920. France, Netherlands and Great Britain were some of the first that had participated in the colonization of Africa and parts of Asia. The goal in mind was to dominate with nationalism and social darwinism as their main ideologies. The biggest results of imperialism was the enormous growth in the European economy, industrialization of the European and African continent and a growth in nationalism of those who were colonized.

At a certain point in history, a number of European countries turned into the most influential in the world. Countries like Spain, France, Portugal, Netherlands, and England rose to power and each had only one thing at the forefront of their thoughts: superiority. In spite of the fact that they endeavored numerous things to heighten their dominance and power, they all depended on colonization. Today, European colonialism has influenced larger parts of the world. Colonization has not only given Europe fortune and supremacy, but it also reconfigured global power and racial relations. Hierarchy of social class was formed and then a division of whites and colored people/minorities happened. Whites were considered superior than colored people, and

In analyzing the causes and effects of United States Imperialism from 1870 to 1916, one finds that there are three main factors. These major factors of United States Imperialism in this time period are: Hawaii, the Spanish-American war, and Theodore Roosevelt. In this time period Hawaiian islanders were very happy to live traditionally, but Americans were not content with the traditional ways of the Hawaiians (Buschini, n.pag.). Even though America seemed to be on the road to imperialism with Hawaii, the Spanish- American war actually set the United States on the new road of Imperialism (The Spanish American War n.pag.). Theodore Roosevelt played an important role in the United States road to imperialism in the 1870 's while serving as

The beneficial lasting impacts that are still in affect from today were made from the expansion of capitalism and through industrialization. The expansion of capitalism brought countries together by allowing them to trade freely. Although there is still a problem in economic development free markets allows countries to progress by allowing them to specialize in what they do best. Industrialization helped secure the needs of countries not only in Europe but others as well. European imperialism has left great remarks that are still lasting today in international

American colonization was a great evil that gave rise to even greater evils throughout the course of history. The motivation for it was wrong, and it instilled negative values that perpetuated the issue. Lust and pride were key components of this negative motivation, and are some of the darkest of arts. These negative values contributed to other evil events in the course of American history, such as the cherokee removal, executive order 9066, the Manhattan project, and countless other events. American colonization in itself wasn't evil, but the way that it was carried out was evil, and began a detrimental course for the nation.

The treatises of imperialism, like other social subjects, have caused many controversies among those who are deeply interested despite their diverse national backgrounds. Nonetheless, no matter how heated debates the subject has raised, it is essential to fully deal with it based on historical sources. This paper will decode imperialism from the following primary sources to help people better understand the impacts of imperialism on the world’s politics, economies and cultures: John A. Hobson’s Imperialism: A Study, Vladimir Illyich Lenin’s Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism, Jules Ferry’s On French Colonial Expansion, Rudyard Kipling’s The White Man’s Burden, American Anti-Imperialism League’s Platform of the American Anti¬-Imperialist

With the dawn of the Industrial Age near the beginning of the nineteenth century also came with the rise of nationalism, or the belief that a country’s way of life was superior to others. Nationalistic ideologies, born in the coal ovens of Industry, soon gave way to systems of imperialism that would quickly take hold in other parts of the world. For the purposes of this essay, can be broadly defined as a symbiotic relationship between an industrialized state and an agrarian state in which the industrialized state almost always benefits in some way, while the agrarian state is often times left with a mixture of benefits and disparagements. The fact that Industrialization took over the world in phases allowed for the first industrialized states to establish a system of imperialism in states that had yet to experience their own industrialization. From this, a competition arose between industrialized states that would boil over into the First World War. Through the analysis of primary sources dealing with imperialism, one can take an objective stance to view the effect that this newly established political system had on the industrialized and agrarian states of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this analysis, it can be stated that imperialism, based on greed and racism, was a bad thing, however, it can be argued that is was not a holistically bad thing. In many cases, some agrarian states benefitted from direct and indirect imperialism.

There have been countless consequences of colonialism by European nations. The power of the church bent to the desire for land and wealth, warped to justify atrocities impacting the globe. Unfortunately, there is one consequence that continues to devastate nations throughout the globe today; violence. To begin to understand the effects we must first understand why and how we got to the point of no return and the driving factor behind unsolicited and at times, bloody invasions across the world. This ongoing turmoil and social injustices lead us to a resounding No.

More than 40 million people died in India during British imperialism.The East India Company is a company that is ruled by the British, but the people serving are Indians. In 1757 the East India Company troops won over India at the Battle of Plassey. From then they ruled India. In the 19th century the company still ruled but the British provided them with an army. They wanted India for its raw materials and was known as the Britishes “jewel in the crown”. From then on British started setting up rules and regulations for India. The British ruling lead a unfair government, poverty to many, millions of deaths, and conflicts with languages.

Culture is a very important thing in many people's lives. Colonialism is one thing that can destroy a culture. There are many different controversial thoughts on colonialism, when in the long run it is not good and has done no good for anyone. Colonialism strips aways people's culture and divides relationships. Even if one has good or bad intentions, it still dismantles tradition and ends many heritages. Colonialism causes war and rage.

When examining the states from the first and third world, it is irresponsible not to recognize the relationship between being a former colony and a developing nation. Understanding the relationship between the first world and the third world is impossible without first understanding the impacts of European imperialism in the countries that they colonized. While colonizing states no longer directly rule over these nations, Europeans have left their former colonies in a position to be easily taken advantage of for financial and social gain. Conclusively, the advent of European colonialism and imperialism sparked by changing the economic and political environment established an exploitative relationship between states which became the framework for the modern international political and economic hierarchy.

The Europeans colonizing the Americas, Spanish conquistadors taking over South America, fights breaking out among the Spanish and natives. What the Europeans did to the Natives and Africans is unforgivable, and the world had to suffer for their ideas. The Europeans had an overall negative effect with these acts. They murdered the natives, transferred contagious diseases, and caused the downfall of civilizations. This could not stand and the people wanted to fight, but the Europeans remained the dominant civilization.

During the early beginnings of the twentieth centuries, powers of the European countries and also the United States helped shape the future of the world. The effects of that time period still have relevance in our world today. Europe was initially the first technological and military authority with the United States soon to follow. One of the main influences in this dominance was the expansion of those countries by utilizing imperialism. Imperialism is defined as “the policy of extending a nation’s authority be territorial acquisition or by establishing economic and political hegemony over other nations” (Kagan 755). To put it more simply imperialism is really overtaking another country and using its geographic location and resources to its own advantage.

The formation of international monopolist capitalist associations which share the world among themselves (Lenin 1910:84)

During the 20th century aboriginals in Canada were victims of racism. The church and European settlers saw the aboriginals as savages because of their beliefs and values. In order to combat the ‘Indian problem’ the Canadian government introduced residential schools as an assimilation policy. Children were removed from their families and were forced to practice Christianity and learn the European way of life in order abolish the Aboriginal culture. This paper argues that Euro-centrism reproduces the marginalization and downward social mobility of aboriginal people through the residential schooling system.