Compare the expansion of existing colonies and the establishment of new types of colonies and transoceanic empires between the British and one of the other countries you have studied about in this section.
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1. British: The British, during the age of imperialism, wanted to expand their grasp beyond just India and into Africa. In Africa, the British had quite a bit of trouble colonizing the area because of several factors, first of all, when the British entered Africa, they met a barrage of diseases such as Yellow fever, Sleeping sickness, and Malaria, all of which the native Africans had developed an immunity to over the past several millennia, however these diseases were entirely new to the British and they suffered quite a bit. However, …show more content…
The inhabitants of entire islands were killed just to improve the Netherlands' spice trade. The conflict was quite long and took a great toll on every party involved in the whole ordeal. Following the conflicts, the remaining Indonesian states crumbled away into ruins, and in the following years, the Dutch were able to construct their colonial empire on top of those same ruins of the old states. But even while the Dutch were celebrating among themselves that they had established their colonies all throughout Indonesia, a new Indonesia was being built right under their noses without them even noticing. In all of the Asian nation such as in Japan, in China, in Turkey, and in India, a new Asia was being assembled that would include Indonesia. Almost as quickly as the Dutch had altered Indonesia with plantations, railroads, and harbors. The way of life for the people of Indonesia also changed greatly. A modern nationalist movement emerged from the wreckage and ruins left behind from the old Indonesia. It formed a group that spent their time striving towards freedom and a new unity of the Indonesian people in an attempt at independence. That is the struggle that both Indonesia and the Dutch underwent during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia and the formation of the Dutch East India
Answer:
1. British: The British, during the age of imperialism, wanted to expand their grasp beyond just India and into Africa. In Africa, the British had quite a bit of trouble colonizing the area because of several factors, first of all, when the British entered Africa, they met a barrage of diseases such as Yellow fever, Sleeping sickness, and Malaria, all of which the native Africans had developed an immunity to over the past several millennia, however these diseases were entirely new to the British and they suffered quite a bit. However, …show more content…
The inhabitants of entire islands were killed just to improve the Netherlands' spice trade. The conflict was quite long and took a great toll on every party involved in the whole ordeal. Following the conflicts, the remaining Indonesian states crumbled away into ruins, and in the following years, the Dutch were able to construct their colonial empire on top of those same ruins of the old states. But even while the Dutch were celebrating among themselves that they had established their colonies all throughout Indonesia, a new Indonesia was being built right under their noses without them even noticing. In all of the Asian nation such as in Japan, in China, in Turkey, and in India, a new Asia was being assembled that would include Indonesia. Almost as quickly as the Dutch had altered Indonesia with plantations, railroads, and harbors. The way of life for the people of Indonesia also changed greatly. A modern nationalist movement emerged from the wreckage and ruins left behind from the old Indonesia. It formed a group that spent their time striving towards freedom and a new unity of the Indonesian people in an attempt at independence. That is the struggle that both Indonesia and the Dutch underwent during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia and the formation of the Dutch East India