In source 4 we also learn that much must have depended on diplomatic relations with Maximilian and Ferdinand, however Henry’s allies proved unfaithful and unreliable. Source 4, is written by a member of the Government of England. The government is who Henry and Wolsey would go to for Money for these situations. The Government did not like how much Money Henry kept asking for so this could have been reflected in Keith Randall’s report. Henry spent 1.4 millions pounds on fighting wars between 1511-25 and this set England back a far way.
The 19th and 20th centuries were characterized by the more developed countries of Europe acquiring the land and controlling resources of undeveloped countries. This idea, called imperialism, can be defined as the policy of extending a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by establishing economic and political authority over other nations. The European powers saw imperialism as their right and duty to exert their superiority, while the indigenous people of the inferior areas resented the Europeans greed and unrightfully taking control. Western European countries and developed a variety of attitudes toward imperialism. Economic factors were a chief motivation for colonization to European countries.
Imperialism began in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s affecting many countries, for example, China, India, Africa, and South America were all affected by imperialism. Although the New Imperialism resulted from industrialized nations seeking control of foreign territories, the conditions that motivated and fueled the great expansion for industrialized nations were mostly based on economic motives. As Europe gained significant power strongly centered nation states emerged. Several factors contributed to the Europeans conquest of Africa. One staggering advantage was Europeans technological superiority.
During the period between 1880 and 1900, agrarian discontent increased as a result of the rise of cities, deflation of the American money, and problems with railroads and freight shipping. Farmers also complained about unfair railroads policies towards shippers. Railroad companies discriminated, by charging bigger businesses lower priced shipping rates and charging individual shippers highly overpriced shipping rates. In the Octopus, by Frank Norris, the con of the practice is displayed as the main character, farmer Dyke, discovers that the shipping rate being charged will put him at a loss rather than profit. Congress believed that farmers were right and passed the Interstate Commerce Act, in order to regulate railroads and ensure fair rates to all people.
These factors all upset the royalists and meant they had negative opinions of Clarendon which they were able to whisper in Charles’s ear when Clarendon wasn’t around and turn Charles’s more against Clarendon so it became easier to dismiss him and use him as a scapegoat later on. In terms of finance, Clarendon was also unsuccessful. He only managed to gain £1.2million a year for Charles which was too limited. He didn’t provide an adequate income and according to Farmer, ‘Finance was at the root of the troubles which toppled Clarendon’ which was because
The British people therefore began to question whether or not the war had all been worth it. Furthermore, the fact that pro-Boer meetings were highly attended, is evidence of the fact that Imperialism lost prestige because of the war. In other words, the British people found the war morally wrong. At the pro-Boer meeting in Birmingham in 1901, leaded by the Liberal Lloyd George, Lloyd George claimed that it was not worth spending a huge amount of money and soldiers to
The Federalist cause, championed by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, was one which valued diversity, property, and even to some degree inequality. The primary enemy of any Federalist man was the existence of factions. Factions, according to Federalism, were groups who terrorized the rights of people. Both Madison and Hamilton believed that an emphasis on gaining property and money would quell any factional outburst: “And a modern commercial nation, organized for the acquisition of property and thus characterized by the division of labor, would be fragmented into such a diversity or ‘multiplicity’ of interests that the great, fatal struggle of rich and poor would be averted”(37). Although Federalists acknowledged that a government which places high importance on the acquisition of wealth would cause inequality, it was this exact inequality “followed inevitably from the freedom that the large commercial republic made possible:
The roman empire the economy system got weak. The economy system got weak because of the tribes and pirates outside of the empire disrupting the trade. Trying to expand to their limit, the romans had less of new sources like silver and gold. Extremely desperate for the new sources the government raised all of the taxes. They started to cheat people out of their silver and gold by putting less and less of silver and gold in their metal.
Despite the fact that slavery allowed white aristocrats to maintain power while fattening their wallets the thought of the enslavement of another human being caused Enlightened France to fight over their freedom of these people, even though it would hurt the economy, social, and political order of France. If slavery ended in Europe during this period, the economy would have no doubt been damaged in these nations. According to a report made by Antonie Barnave to the National Assembly’s Committee on the Colonies, he thought that if slaves received freedom then there would have been economic shock. Barnave even thought that slaves should eventually have freedom, but he also thought at the same time if the National Assembly were to give them that now then France would no doubt be hurt economically. This document is not biased, but Barnave’s point of view.
Both Lenin’s theory of Imperialism and Lipton’s theory of Urban Bias derive from Marxist’s view on capitalism, which demonstrates the parasitic relationship between two parties. This parasitic relationship separates society into classes, creating ruling and ruled classes, the ruling classes which receive most of the benefits and profits due to their monopolization of the factors of production, causing under development in the ruled party or class. Lenin’s theory of Imperialism which was first published in 1916 stated that Imperialism was the highest stage of capitalism. Imperialism is the monopolization of one country on the factors of production of another country or colony, placing most of the wealth in the hands of the more powerful and dominating country, creating underdevelopment in the other. Lenin noted five stages that lead to Imperialism, the first of which is The Concentration of Production and the Creation of Monopolies.