Imperialism may improve lives for some people, but still made the world worse than better because there was terrible work conditions for the workers, native religions and cultures were ignored or destroyed. The workers of the factories were almost like slaves. They did not get paid almost at all and many were injured or died. The native religions were disappearing because of the powerful European countries. Along with the native religions, The languages, governments, and others were deserted or destroyed. All of Africa was changed forever and Europe did not even care about what they were doing. One of the reason Why Imperialism was worse than better was because the workers were put through the most terrible working environments.
It really benefited the western world economically. While effecting places like Africa in the worst way. Without imperialism the world would not be so developed with the roads and then we have now. Also education was a big reason the world changed because people had the opportunity to invest. European imperialism has affected so many countries in Africa after the Berlin conference. In 1980 many European countries found out that Africa was filled with diamonds and all meet to discuss what European countries would be conquering the different parts of Africa. Ethiopia was the only country that was free from European control. Menelik ll was the brains behind this, he played the European countries against one another and made his nation much stronger. Ethiopia was not involved in world war l at all. Germany tried to have ethopia alliance with them to defeat the British. So Ethiopia stayed being a independent
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.
There are no positive effects to imperialism, it is simply wrong. Imperialists were countries who took over other countries for their natural resources or raw materials to advance their own economic and military benefits. Countries around the world are still suffering from the devastating and brutal effects of their country’s imperialism. The French imperialised Vietnam and negatively reconstructed their flourishing economy. The Belgian imperialised the Democratic Republic of Congo brutally murdered their citizens and raped them of their resources and land. However, Imperialists believed they were helping develop primitive countries. Imperialism in many countries begins with the advancement towards economical resources.
Someone might say that imperialism was not a bad thing because it was bigger more able countries fighting in favor of the smaller, but it was not because it killed a lot of innocent civilians, killed developing economies by draining resources, forced beliefs and got rid of different
Throughout the history of the world, imperialism has played a major role. Imperialism is one country’s complete domination of the political, economic, and social life of another country. Imperialism has many positive and negative effects. The Age of Imperialism is considered 1800 - 1914. During this time Europe became a major world leader. European countries set up colonies all over Africa, Latin America, and Asia, and encouraged their citizens to populate them. European imperialism boosted Europe’s economy, and made them a world power. Imperialization had an entirely different effect on Africa, Latin America, and Asia. People of these countries were mistreated, they lost their culture, land, and self respect. The negative effects of
Imperialism has increased peace and stability for various areas of the world through limiting slavery, improving land distribution and promoting different political systems. The first topic that I will be addressing is slavery. The goal of imperialism was to help areas who seem “uncivilized”, and from the start of this movement many people stated that they wanted to abolish slavery. Thomas Sowell (an american economist) once explained, “The anti-slavery movement was spearheaded by people who would today be called "the religious right" and its organization was created by conservative businessmen. Moreover, what destroyed slavery in the non-Western world was Western imperialism. Nothing could be more jolting and discordant with the vision
While imperialism somewhat improved the lives of the native people in Africa and India with the introduction of improved health practices and infrastructure, to a great extent it made life worse because of the effects of the focus on cash crops and converting natives to Christianity, cruel treatment, and segregation.
About 38,805,500 people were killed just in the events talked about in this paper and only five events are talked about. That just shows what imperialism causes. Imperialism is when a dominant country seeks to increase their size and forces (either by war or diplomacy) a smaller country to submit to their rule. The Age of Imperialism began in the 1870s and went until World War 1. During this time imperialism was very prevalent and the events that took place during this time had lasting effects and still affect us to this day. While imperialism could be seen as beneficial, especially to the dominant country, it is has many negative effects. It creates racism, causes conflict between countries, and causes war between nations.
Imperialism is when a country gets control of a different country for different reasons such as getting Political power, Economic power. Sometimes the people who imperialize a country don’t want to have power, but explore the country for medicine, or to spread their religion to natives who lives in the country. The effects of imperialism were positive in the six different countries (China, Congo, India, Kenya, Madagascar and Nigeria) that were imperialize and the results of the cause were mostly good effects that help these countries to be better. The effects of the European imperialism on Africa and Asia were economically positive because Europeans helped Africans/Asians utilize the natural resources for better use. It was also socially positive
The first negative reason the imperialism is bad is lost control of land and independence. When the British took over they forced the Africans to follow their laws, pay their taxes, learn their language, and practice their religion. The Africans lost all control of their way of living forced to live the way the british do. The second negative thing is thousands of people died in battle. The British army’s technology was far more advanced than the Africans, also their skill.
Imperialism is when one country or nation that is larger the others take over smaller countries for their land and natural resources. But when European Imperialism came to Africa many new, good things were introduced. When new medicines came to Africa, African people could live longer healthier lives. When European government was brought, new laws were established to protect the unprotected and the weak. When public education came, many native Africans became literate and smart. Thus, Imperialism is justifiable. .
Some people see imperialism as Good Why? Maybe because of the benefits that come with it. If a country successfully imperialism another there is a big chance you can get great things that benefit your country like natural resources, railroad infrastructure or can make a fortune from it. Those are obviously only some of the stuff that can come out of successfully imperializing a country. Imperialism only does a little to the economies but A country is also seen as stronger and better but when you think about it is it worth imperializing. There is more negatives to it than positives and yes as said above the positives can help out alot but lead to a lot of lives lost that's only a good thing if your china really. The colonies really suffered
Imperialism has been a global exchange, but not in a good way that few would argue. The whole concept is rooted in evil and causes countries to go to war with each other, which results in them rebelling against their own government and become power hungry. The idea that imperialism has had a positive impact to other countries, is just ridiculous. Empires such as China, and India have justified that Imperialism was far from a positive event that took place, and by the looks of how other countries treated them proves how much of a negative impact imperialism had on society as a whole. Imperialism has definitely had its fair share of negative outcomes, but one would need to take into account the positive impacts it had on different countries
I agree with the statement above about imperialism. Imperliasm is a policy of expanding a countries power. Some of the benefits that come about from imperialism is development of modern technology, increased education, and a stronger economy to name a few. According to Brower, D., & Sanders, T (2014) "With industrial resources, empire-builders had the capability to send their armies and officials across vast oceans and great deserts in pursuit of new conquests. Europe alone produced over 60 percent of world manufacturing, and together with the United States accounted for over 85 percent." Western empires in the nineteenth century advanced economy and factories.
Imperialism has set our country back half a century. When the British came in in 1910 and colonized our country, Nigeria, it changed everything. Our education system was negatively affected. Our country became extremely controversial in a religious aspect. All in all, if the British did not come and colonize our home, our country would be at a much better place today.