British Imperial

During the imperialization era, Great Britain was the one nation that decided to assert its dominance over the rest. Britain decided to colonize in countries such as Canada, India, North and South Africa, Australia, etc. Colonizing in these nations not only meant British people moving to foreign lands, but also these British people taking over the lands. Great Britain decided to teach their cultures to those other countries. Though, soon enough, it was the British culture that was considered the right culture, and of course, it was the British who believed that. The imperialized countries were no longer independent, hence they no longer had anything of their own. It was the new Britain rules that were being followed in the new countries. It was British cultures and religions that were being taught and practiced to people. It was Britain’s ideas of a good education being taught in countries south of England. Now, why would …show more content…
They looked down on other countries because they believed that they were barbaric. Therefore, when Britain started to imperialize other countries, the British people thought it necessary to take control and make the “barbarians,” civilians. In 1906, Joseph Chamberlain, a fellow Englishman, wrote an article entitled The True Conception of Empire. In this article, Chamberlain discusses how he agrees with his country's actions in imperializing other countries. He writes, “...countrymen who have gone forth at the command of the queen, and who have redeemed districts as large as Europe from the barbarism and the superstition in which they had been steeped for centuries.” However, the countries whose independence were being taken away from them, plus some sympathetic Brits, considered imperialism to be rude and invasive. Nevertheless, Chamberlain, along with the majority of his nation, believe that imperialism is “redeeming districts,” not “taking over