“So long as there is imperialism in the world, a permanent peace is impossible.” This quote about Imperialism really brings out the brutality of the process of turning a country economically stronger. Imperialism was never idealistic because it would only promote slavery, racism and rivalries between European countries grow stronger.
Slavery played a big part in imperialism. The reason for the mass amount of slaves being traded and killed was because of the thought that the imperialists were stronger because “survival of the fittest” were in their heads the entire time as they were colonizing different countries. Slaves played a really big part in Imperialism because the Europeans took control of most of the countries of Africa in the year 1870. Since Africa was “not civilized” when the Europeans first discovered it, they decided to take over and take control of the people and the countries’ resources. There were enormous amounts of diamond, gold, cocoa beans and many more resources that were barely harvested or undiscovered in Africa, which lead to the Europeans enslaving them …show more content…
The imperialists will also bring their culture and religion with them and therefore influence the people living in the countries to follow their religion and culture. Sometimes, imperialists will forcefully make people forget their religion and follow theirs. They would say that their religion is the best because they conquered them the country. If people were to refuse, there would be punishment and these punishments were death most of the time. 17,267,000 Africans died in the years 1451- 1870. However, the amounts of African deaths drastically increased from Imperialism. This proves that the imperialists were racist towards people they thought were lower than them and therefore gave them the thought to kill them if they did not follow or
Slavery played a big part in imperialism. The reason for the mass amount of slaves being traded and killed was because of the thought that the imperialists were stronger because “survival of the fittest” were in their heads the entire time as they were colonizing different countries. Slaves played a really big part in Imperialism because the Europeans took control of most of the countries of Africa in the year 1870. Since Africa was “not civilized” when the Europeans first discovered it, they decided to take over and take control of the people and the countries’ resources. There were enormous amounts of diamond, gold, cocoa beans and many more resources that were barely harvested or undiscovered in Africa, which lead to the Europeans enslaving them …show more content…
The imperialists will also bring their culture and religion with them and therefore influence the people living in the countries to follow their religion and culture. Sometimes, imperialists will forcefully make people forget their religion and follow theirs. They would say that their religion is the best because they conquered them the country. If people were to refuse, there would be punishment and these punishments were death most of the time. 17,267,000 Africans died in the years 1451- 1870. However, the amounts of African deaths drastically increased from Imperialism. This proves that the imperialists were racist towards people they thought were lower than them and therefore gave them the thought to kill them if they did not follow or