The Rise Of Imperialism

Between 1870 and 1920, the European nations took the use of imperialism due to economic, political, and social forces to control the less-developed locations of the world. Economical forces used the need for raw materials for a reason to take locations. Social forces such as racism, thinking that themselves, the Europeans were better than whomever they were taking over. Political forces used militarism more often than not to take the less-developed locations of the world. The use of economical, political, and social forces were all important during the rise of imperialism during the 1870s through 1920s due to the humanitarianism (used in both political and social forces), racism, and the market through world trade with the need for militarism.

Imperialism is defined as a policy of extending a country 's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Countries during the Industrial Revolution wanted to imperialize due to social, political, and economic reasons. As early as the mid 1800’s, the European countries craved the idea of power and conquering new lands in order to obtain resources/raw materials. They took over Africa, the Ottoman Empire, India, and Southeast Asia due to this as well as for their convenient location. They believed that the more land one owns, the stronger the country would be. Although some can argue the fact that imperialism had a detrimental effect because these countries lost their culture and independence, the end result of this was definitely more positive than negative both short term and long term. These countries would not be as thriving today if this had not happened. European Imperialism in parts of the Middle east, Africa, and Asia had more of a positive impact on the world due to education, modernization, healthcare/sanitation, and more trade/resources used.

Lastly, politics and fighting for the highest power affected imperialism. “The political impetus derived from the impact of...power struggles [w/in] Europe and competition for preeminence [in Europe], Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain were competing for power…” (Document R). More power means a country can take control and demand their necessities.“The economic motive is by no means to be dismissed but alongside of it there evidently was another one, not so easy to define but none the less real - the power complex - sheer love of power” (Document M). Along with economics, which is still a big factor, politics and being powerful afflicted conflict over

Since there were many nations involved, there were many attributes that led up to imperialism. Firstly, the Europeans wanted economic expansion. Since the industrial revolution had taken place, the Europeans were in need of more natural resources. They also wanted new markets for the sake of selling industrial products. To achieve this they had to look for more places outside of Europe and colonize it.

Imperialism occurred due to non-economic reasoning, which in the long term affected countries in a positive manner. Imperialism was a problem because the competing economic systems of the great modern empires posed a threat to world peace. Political ideas played a large role in Imperialism. Political ambitions arose from

Militarism is a philosophy in which grants the military a large amount of power. Militarism had held a heavy influence in Europe before World War One, making it a main cause. During the spread of militarism, governments were affected. In reality what started to grant it so much power was

During the 1700’s through the 1900’s empires like France and Britain began to take over land in various continents and turned them into colonies. Although Britain and France saw this as a positive thing, the colonies proved to be difficult to control. Today it is hard to tell if the

All throughout the world, imperialism was spreading quickly through the nations. More land meant more power, superior nations were looking to take over smaller less powerful ones. When it came to conquering smaller countries, the superior nation had to be able to manage and control it successfully. This idea was

Western Global Colonial Empire Building and Decline By: Max Dayton Colonial Expansion started as early as the fifteenth century with the European expansion into the Americas. It wasn’t until the nineteenth century that was known as new imperialism (notes). During this time, new imperialism sparked the colonial empires expansion and

MOTIVES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO IMPERIALISM Imperialism is defined in the dictionary as being a " The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by establishing economic and political hegemony over other nations" (p 681 American Heritage college Dictionary). Usually people associate imperialism as being the domination of a small country by a larger, more powerful country, usually to the advantage of the larger country. At the beginning of the nineteenth century most of the countries in Europe were involved in imperialism. Each country had it's own motives for wanting to gain an empire and some of the reason were Economic, Political, Religious and Exploitation.

Imperialism means to maintain a certain strategy or system of improving power of an empire or nation. This definition is extremely significant because it expanded the authority of nations and cultures. In addition to this, there were plenty of reasons Europeans wanted to imperialize. The first and foremost reason was that they desired to imperialize natural resources. Some of the main natural resources that worthed a lot were gold, copper, tin, and diamond.

The most important factor that shaped both the New Imperialism and World War I was nationalism in Europe and parts of Asia. Nationalism was a driving force for countries during the New Imperialism because Europeans saw this as an opportunity to make their nation stronger and assert its dominance. The reason for the New Imperialism was for these industrial nations to bring their goods into new markets in Africa. There was a lot of competition for markets so these nations saw Africa as an opportunity to expand and thrive. This sense of nationalism also led to these nations feeling superior to the people indigenous to Africa. Jules Ferry said, “We must say openly that indeed the higher races have a right over the lower races… I repeat, the superior

Since the beginning of humankind, Africa had always been a difficult continent to colonize. The amount of natural barriers, the rainforest, the climate, and the dry and wet seasons are why Africa wasn’t able to be colonized until the 19th century. The Europeans were first able to colonize Africa in the late 1880’s but, that success didn’t come without many challenges they faced. They had issues with medicine, politics and their economy was failing. In the 1500’s, European colonialists tried to invade Africa in the 1500’s, before being fought off by unified African forces. The Songhai empire and the Mali empire were responsible for the defense against the Europeans. However about 300 years later, the cure to malaria was found in 1832. This drug

If a country wants to expand their land to own larger territories, they would send troops to fight there. This country would eventually take over the land and calls back their military troops. But if this country wanted to own land, but not send people there, then they want to go through imperialism. Imperialism is the policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Imperialism is commonly mistaken with colonization. This is because they both have to do with owning more land, only colonization also includes moving into the territory that you now own. A country would practice imperialism so that you would look like more of a threat to smaller countries, have more natural resources, and get rid of excess

The age of Western Imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century also marked as a period of cultural exchange, interactions and connections across borders. The history of Russo-Sino relations is complex and full of contradictions, characterized by the changeable periods of ally relations with periods of weakening relations. The main reason of these changeable periods lies in shifting of the Russian foreign policy objectives when the country underwent major political transformations from the mid-nineteenth century until the beginning of the twentieth century. The relationship between the Russian Empire and Qing Empire did not become dynamic up until the mid-nineteenth century. The incorporation