What were the varying motivations of European countries in regards to their expansion into the New World? Please discuss at least 3 countries and at least 3 of their motivations in your own words.
The colonization of Africa and parts of Asia in the nineteenth century is the second wave of European colonization with the discovery of the coast of the African. The Eastern world are increasing, and the American continent is discovered and explored. This first settlement movement led to the formation of the great Spanish and Portuguese maritime empires, as well as later taken possession of the English and French (North America, counters on the spice route ...). The operating system of these colonies is essentially called the Triangular Trade. The …show more content…
The British Empire is by far the largest (30 million km2) and most populous (450 million people or 20% of the world population at the time). This empire spans all continents. India form the centerpiece, the pearl, the jewel. If the UK colonies were so vast, it is also because the United Kingdom has kept its old colonies such as Canada, Australia and South Africa by providing a more flexible status of the Dominions. Among the British possessions also included islands and archipelagos scattered over all the seas: Jamaica, Trinidad and other Caribbean islands, St. Helena, Mauritius, Zanzibar, Seychelles. Finally, Britain then control strategic sea routes (Gibraltar, Cape Town, Suez Canal, the Straits of Malacca)The cohesion of the Empire dispersed all over the globe is provided by the then Royal Navy ruled the seas. The second colonial power at the time was France. The French Empire covers 10 million km2 or half of the British Empire. The conquest of Algeria and Algiers taken by France and colonial transition by France. The pacification of the largest Algeria is long and difficult. This involves transporting a large population for labor, an agricultural community, commercial, industrial ... The transition also saw the decline of the old colonial system: the rebellions Caribbean invigorated by the news of the revolution of July 1830 rekindled the debate over the abolition of slavery, which nevertheless remain until …show more content…
It loses most of its American colonies in the early nineteenth century. Despite the Spanish repression and several military clashes, the Latin American countries proclaim their independence between 1811 and 1825. Note that a man is particularly illustrated in the struggle of the Latin American countries for their independence, Simon Bolivar, nicknamed "El liberator" (the Liberator). It is in this tribute a State of Latin America took its name: Bolivia. Moreover, in 1898, following a war with the United States, he loses Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. At that time, Spain controls only a few colonies in Africa: the African Rif, it manages to retain with the help of France (Rif war between 1921 and 1925), the Spanish Morocco (French southern
The colonization of Africa and parts of Asia in the nineteenth century is the second wave of European colonization with the discovery of the coast of the African. The Eastern world are increasing, and the American continent is discovered and explored. This first settlement movement led to the formation of the great Spanish and Portuguese maritime empires, as well as later taken possession of the English and French (North America, counters on the spice route ...). The operating system of these colonies is essentially called the Triangular Trade. The …show more content…
The British Empire is by far the largest (30 million km2) and most populous (450 million people or 20% of the world population at the time). This empire spans all continents. India form the centerpiece, the pearl, the jewel. If the UK colonies were so vast, it is also because the United Kingdom has kept its old colonies such as Canada, Australia and South Africa by providing a more flexible status of the Dominions. Among the British possessions also included islands and archipelagos scattered over all the seas: Jamaica, Trinidad and other Caribbean islands, St. Helena, Mauritius, Zanzibar, Seychelles. Finally, Britain then control strategic sea routes (Gibraltar, Cape Town, Suez Canal, the Straits of Malacca)The cohesion of the Empire dispersed all over the globe is provided by the then Royal Navy ruled the seas. The second colonial power at the time was France. The French Empire covers 10 million km2 or half of the British Empire. The conquest of Algeria and Algiers taken by France and colonial transition by France. The pacification of the largest Algeria is long and difficult. This involves transporting a large population for labor, an agricultural community, commercial, industrial ... The transition also saw the decline of the old colonial system: the rebellions Caribbean invigorated by the news of the revolution of July 1830 rekindled the debate over the abolition of slavery, which nevertheless remain until …show more content…
It loses most of its American colonies in the early nineteenth century. Despite the Spanish repression and several military clashes, the Latin American countries proclaim their independence between 1811 and 1825. Note that a man is particularly illustrated in the struggle of the Latin American countries for their independence, Simon Bolivar, nicknamed "El liberator" (the Liberator). It is in this tribute a State of Latin America took its name: Bolivia. Moreover, in 1898, following a war with the United States, he loses Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. At that time, Spain controls only a few colonies in Africa: the African Rif, it manages to retain with the help of France (Rif war between 1921 and 1925), the Spanish Morocco (French southern