Imperialism Europe since 1870 Imperialism is best defined as a nation extending its authority both by territorial and also economical changes in an already set up government. European nations hoped to gain mainly more land in order to have more resources that they could use and or sell to nations willing to buy from them. During the mid-late 19th century Europe was the head continent in the world and was attempting to expand its region into both Asia and also Africa. It was because of the valuable resources in these countries that caught the attention of many European nations. In order to survive and compete with other nations in Europe it was very important to own land other then the country’s homeland to make a profit and also
Why Europe? Anan Patel 12/16/13 The Europeans were the first people to explore and conquer the rest of the world. But, before they explored the world the Chinese had started this voyage project also, but they eventually receded from this because they were looking to focus more on domestic matters (DOC 2, 3, 4, and 5). The reason why Europe succeeded and the others didn’t because Europe already had advantages in society because of the plant and animal domestication, also they had enough competition between the different European countries to go out on voyages to look for more (DOC 1, 6, 7, 9) . On the other hand, the other countries weren’t able to succeed because they conquered by Europeans or their population died out from diseases or plagues (DOC 4, 5, 8).
Material factors were more important in shaping the United States in the years before 1865. For example, if I just came off of a boat after a long trip from England in 1492, my first primal instinct would be to find the basic essentials. Those essentials are: food, water and shelter, which are in the lowest echelon of Maslow’s hierarchy of physiological needs (pyramid), but for the purposes of this paper and discussion, those things are definitively materialistic. [i] If I would have been put on Columbus’s maiden voyage, besides land discovery, a main incentive for the trip was to search for otherworldly riches (goods as fine as what was found in Asia) that Europe was lacking. Recovering from the plague and the formation of united, powerful governments (not in a philosophical or political sense of government, but having more to do with the monetary need to support a powerful government and militia) also have ties to materialism.
They fought in some of the bloodiest wars, just to gain power. Some scholars attribute this expansion to the greed and aggressiveness of people who were fond of war. It’s also said that fear drove Romans to expand the territories under their control in order to provide a buffer against attack. With allowing all these new citizens Rome had a bigger army, which was an advantage as they were conquering other territories. Rome also had the most advanced technology in the military department.
The mix of immigrant and different ethnicity working together created what makes Hawaii so diverse and unique today. Immigration has been and continues to be a great importance to Hawaii’s social, economic, and political life. At the time the economy of Hawaii was bombing from the profit of goods from the plantations, with the increase of profit they need more workers to work. Plantations would grow rapidly and to speed up the process of harvesting crops and good, with the low amount of people on Hawaii the plantation owner sought for new workers that would work for lower pay, this lead them to go for foreigners. When Hawaiian plantations began to increase, there was a dyer need in labor force needed to be imported.
Then that would have hurt the economy on exporting also. Colonization in a concept is not a wonderful thing because one is taking over and deleting their culture and it requires a war. However, as of result it was beneficial to Argentina. It is not like Argentineans have been treated as slaves of Europeans like they did to Africa where the economy could not grow, but Argentina was more like new Europe in South America because many Europeans have immigrated and found new home there. Spanish and other Europeans developed and grew the country not stopping and torturing the country's progress.
Western Europe’s expansion of Atlantic trade, through exploration and colonization, not only improved their own economy, but also the economy of America, through sharing new trade products and crops as well as beginning the slave trade. Western Europe began exploring other parts of the world around the mid-1400s. They first started out with primarily explorers from Portugal and Spain. Some of these people were Christopher Columbus, Francisco
Due to the substantial industrial growth labor unions were formed to protect the workers and desire for better wages plus safe working environments (AP&P, pg 248-251). In the 20th century Europeans also tried to patch up their differences. They formed treaties but there was not much success as their global domination had been undermined. United States became the world super power after defeating the Soviet
The French’s trip to Cape Fear in 1524 is what led to the report back to France about the New World. The French were only looking for a means of extra income. The Indians and the French mixed well together as they both solely wanted to trade. The Indians benefited from the French products such as Iron. The French possessed a high interest in the furs that the Indians had made.
Even with those current issues at hand, the English Colonist had no choice but to maintain a descent relationship with the Native Americans because if not all the English Colonist would parish from starvation. In return the English Colonist would supply the Native Americans with various types of weapons and ammo. As time went on the English Colonist population size doubled and tripled, and with the abundant English Colonist population size, a need for more and more land, which belonged to the Native Americans, grew at a fast rate. The trespassing of the English Colonist onto Native American soil set off what is known as the Indian Massacre of 1622 ("Europeans Settle Throughout North America", n.d.). This War caused the death of over 350 English Colonist, but in return the English Colonist murdered any Native American it