The competition for more land in Africa and Asia created tension between European countries. The map of Colonial possessions , Spring, 1914 showed a visual image of Asia and Africa being controlled by European countries that powered different parts of lands. Specifically, Great Britain had a majority over East Africa and French had a majority of West Africa, although Germany was involved with the war and the country’s blamed Germany for the beginning, they didn’t control much land but they were the third biggest population for controlling area, according to Size of Colonial Empires in 1913. The “New Imperialism” led to Industrialization, this was because European countries set up a few trading posts where they could trade and as well as do missionary activity, but now all they thrived for was power the article “Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia”.
