Imperialism is higher and more powerful countries taking over other colonies. The Europeans tried to take over around the 16th and 18th centuries. Many colonies have tried to take over Africa an clame a lot of land from them but some of them didn’t know what could happen. At first though the European powers didn’t take territory. They also had something called the white man’s burden meaning that god sent them in to fix there way of life and change their ways by making them civil. But more than just Europe wanted to take over because they did territorial conquest when this happened the once before fulers left the place. Europe tried hard to take control of another country. They occupied the country with settlers. Here are some negative effects
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And king leopold spent a lot of HIS OWN money and that’s another reason why they needed tax money to repay him self. One was that the africans lost their control on the land they owned and lost all their independence. This ended up happening because they let them come in and let them try to civilize them. They also sent in soldiers to go and control the people. They also had a breakdown on all of their traditional cultures and their traditional ways have been replaced. Another thing that happened was the most harmful thing and it was when political legacy was the division of Africa. Here are some positive effects that ended up happening. One thing was the colonialism reduced the local warfare. Another thing was they way it expanded economically. Also more things they found in Africa became more valuable in the market. Many things were also built like railroads, dams, and telephone and telegraph line were built. They were able to do all of this because of all of the raw material that they got and also have already had. The Europeans did a lot of things to get Africa. They were also tired of paying their workers so they got lazy. So these people took over the weaker lands so they could have a lot more so they can take the more weaker lands and make them suffer. They worked hard to get this land from them but it was more like a take over and not a
And king leopold spent a lot of HIS OWN money and that’s another reason why they needed tax money to repay him self. One was that the africans lost their control on the land they owned and lost all their independence. This ended up happening because they let them come in and let them try to civilize them. They also sent in soldiers to go and control the people. They also had a breakdown on all of their traditional cultures and their traditional ways have been replaced. Another thing that happened was the most harmful thing and it was when political legacy was the division of Africa. Here are some positive effects that ended up happening. One thing was the colonialism reduced the local warfare. Another thing was they way it expanded economically. Also more things they found in Africa became more valuable in the market. Many things were also built like railroads, dams, and telephone and telegraph line were built. They were able to do all of this because of all of the raw material that they got and also have already had. The Europeans did a lot of things to get Africa. They were also tired of paying their workers so they got lazy. So these people took over the weaker lands so they could have a lot more so they can take the more weaker lands and make them suffer. They worked hard to get this land from them but it was more like a take over and not a