Age Of Imperialism Research Paper

The Industrial Revolution started in 1790 and ended in 1870. The Age of Imperialism was started in 1870 and ended in 1914. The Industrial Revolution started the Age of Imperialism because of economics, nationalism, and because of a balance of power. The more land the countries took in the Age of Imperialism, the better the economy, the more the people believe in their country, and the more power the countries will have. Without the Industrial Revolution, countries would never have been able to take over most of Africa, or England would have never been able to turn India into a place that gave free labor.

During the Industrial Revolution, the economy was booming. Companies started making products faster, easier, and cheaper. The companies that made all of the money decided that they could make more products by expanding to other continents such as Africa, and Asia. Other continents were desirable because they had more materials, more money to be made, and different and new markets. In these new continents, businesses could now make money by trading their products with materials that the natives of these countries had. Then, the companies realized that they could make more money if the companies and the countries that they were a part of took over the land and took the resources from the natives, to then force the people to buy the products. This allowed the countries and companies to make more money because they did not have to pay for the materials, they could …show more content…
When the countries took over land for the companies to produce more goods it made the people happy. The people were happy because of the reason that they were able to get the company’s products for cheaper because of the companies forcing the people to give them the materials. Another reason why the nationalism drove the Age of Imperialism was because of the Industrial Revolution allowing people to be able to access the riches in