I don’t think there is one most important factor which contributed to the "New Imperialism" of the late 1800s but instead is twofold; Economics and Political because since the countries that took over Africa was industrialized they needed resources and when they saw a country full of resources they wanted control over both the resources and the people. They more industrialized a country was the more power it had because it can take over another country easily. The more land they owned to the more spread across the world the one country is. Think about the Boer war it was over The Dutch and British wanted a region in Africa because of resources. Also The Europeans countries they did not stop at just have resources they wanted the most which leads to the most power. There are examples of people who wanted power and riches like King Leopold II, Cecil Rhodes, and Rudyard Kipling. Even though there was another reason like exploration with David Livingstone, this is the reason why I think political and economics are the two reason and is
