At the beginning of the twentieth century, imperialism and colonialism were very active; supporting the Industrial Revolution that had began in the mid-nineteenth century. New technologies such as steam power, electric power, and factories required a lot of raw resources that could be found in new territories; such as North America and India. Existing nations had greater importance because they acquired the colonies which had the better resources they needed. The Nations needed to support and protect these colonies raising the importance of naval power in a nation’s military. This resulted in Great Britain becoming one of the dominant Great Powers, leaving other nations struggling to match the power of Britain’s navy.
Imperialism is the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region. The new imperialism began in the late nineteenth and twentieth century. The political causes are the European needed bases for trade and navy ships and the spirit of nationalism. Some social causes were the theory of Social Darwinism, wish to share western civilization, and wish to spread Christianity. Lastly, the economic causes which was the need of new markets in which to sell their manufactured goods, Europeans needed raw materials to keep their factories busy, and place to infest profits.
European nation-states had become very powerful because of industrialization and because of the organizational efficiency of the nation-state. European global expansion had actually begun in the fifteenth century, but the process greatly accelerated in the nineteenth century. Slavery took a heavy toll on African development ever since the 16th century. Millions of young people of working age were taken away. Great conflict ensued.
He also stated that once we took them over, we could then educate them. He essentially wanted to do the country a right by taking control and politically righting a wrong. The second cause of Imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries were the economic forces involved. For example, in America, people were producing goods faster than people could end up using, creating an excessive surplus. They thought of the idea of taking over countries and placing trading posts everywhere to help get rid of this surplus (Document 2).
2. How did the naval arms race encourage the development of the alliance system the way it did? Be sure to refer to Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, as well as each of the alliance groups specifically. Britain had a strong navy due to its state of being an island country, having control over the oceans and being part of the Triple Entente including France and Russia. This encouraged Germany to increase its strength in navy because of the rivalry between Great Britain and Germany.
The Era of 1492 through 1750 opened up doors to new worlds for the growing independent and conductive european world. This period was well known for the exceptional discoveries that occurred during it such as the europeans discoveries of the americas and the atlantic slave trade “triangle trade “ both memorable and history changing events in world history .These events focused mainly on the following three regions Western Europe ,Africa , and the Americas. Communication lead to the expansion of the economics of all the following regions . unfortunately they damaged the social structures of the africa while also making way for the new social structures to form in the americas . during the 1492 europe began to flourish in the economy
Imperialism was popular in America but not everyone agreed with the policy. Now in the twentieth century America is still affected by imperialism. Imperialism helped the world to be globally intertwined. In the nineteenth century imperialism began in the world. Companies began to ship products overseas.
American Imperialism Imperialism is the advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas. This is how America came to be the most powerful nation, by eliminating racial discrimination. In the late Nineteenth Century, interests, ideology, and strategic interests encouraged American imperialism. Economic interests in other countries are what helped America improve their economic status. Making more trading routes around the world will increase trade with other countries.
DBQ- Imperialism In the late 19th century many foreign powers were imperializing to unmarked territories in Africa and the Pacific and America would soon join the race. In the 1840’s, America stretched its borders westward to populate more of the country and spread the agriculturally based economy. However, in the 20th century, armed with its new imperialistic strategy, the U.S. set its sights on foreign territories in order to establish trade abroad and govern the economic benefits as well as to protect America’s boundaries. Many of the new expansionism ideals were a continuation of the previous ones in the 19th century whereas some were vastly different. The new Manifest Destiny differed from the old in that it consisted of expansion to foreign areas to improve trade and contribute to the growth of the American economy; however it remained the same in that American citizens believed their reasons for expansionism were justified by God’s given right and that they were even saving the people of the territories by the spread of Anglo-Saxon values.
European Imperialism in Africa and Asia European nations followed to establish trade contacts in Africa and Asia. Their influence in the non-Western world increased gradually in the next three centuries. Beginning in 1870, European nations moved rapidly to extend their control over almost all of Africa and in most of Asia. The industrialized nations competed with each other for natural resources and raw materials such as copper, rubber, petroleum, and cotton after the Industrial Revolution spread within Europe. The industrial middle class, who had gained greater influence in the governments in Europe, encouraged imperialist ventures to seize control in Africa and Asia.