Imperialism began in the 1870s-1914. Europeans wanted to gain more power and land for trade. Europeans focused on foreign investments to gain more profit and to build its empire. Imperialism. To begin, the understanding of what makes imperialism different from other forms of empires is significant. Although everything that is happening in the imperialism sounds familiar to other empires that have occurred in the past such as colonialism, it is also different. Imperialism wants political or economic control over regions while in colonialism one nation controls over the other. For example the settlement of North America. An example of imperialism is the “scramble for Africa”. The “scramble for Africa” was part of the many things that the imperialism
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The economic reason that led to the imperialism was the need to expand their emporium. Except not to just expand their market but to expand it globally. The reason behind that was because they couldn’t sell it domestically so they sold their goods all around the world. Another reason why was because people gained more profit in foreign investments. Economic reasons and need for cheap labor and a constant supply of raw materials such as “coffee, tea, tobacco, sugar, chocolate, oils, and rubber” (Tusan, lecture, October 18, 2017) resulted in the colonization of parts of the world so their economy can be efficient. The political reasons behind the Imperialism were the need for military bases, National security and a source of nationalism. They felt as though the mass amount of military bases around the world would help them gain more supplies and coal. They needed the national security to occupy Egypt. Nationalism was for their nation’s pride, and to feel better than other nations. It was like a big “competition” (Tusan, Lecture, October 18, 2017). The cultural reasons behind Imperialism was the spread of christianity, “white man’s burden”, and superiority of Western society. The “White Man’s Burden” was the Europeans “moral obligation” to “civilize” the uncivilized (Tusan, lecture, October 18, 2017). This was also the way they justified imperialism. Overall, the ideological reasons for the Imperialisms as stated above was to spread Christianity, to make money, control trade, good military, cheap labor, and most of all
The economic reason that led to the imperialism was the need to expand their emporium. Except not to just expand their market but to expand it globally. The reason behind that was because they couldn’t sell it domestically so they sold their goods all around the world. Another reason why was because people gained more profit in foreign investments. Economic reasons and need for cheap labor and a constant supply of raw materials such as “coffee, tea, tobacco, sugar, chocolate, oils, and rubber” (Tusan, lecture, October 18, 2017) resulted in the colonization of parts of the world so their economy can be efficient. The political reasons behind the Imperialism were the need for military bases, National security and a source of nationalism. They felt as though the mass amount of military bases around the world would help them gain more supplies and coal. They needed the national security to occupy Egypt. Nationalism was for their nation’s pride, and to feel better than other nations. It was like a big “competition” (Tusan, Lecture, October 18, 2017). The cultural reasons behind Imperialism was the spread of christianity, “white man’s burden”, and superiority of Western society. The “White Man’s Burden” was the Europeans “moral obligation” to “civilize” the uncivilized (Tusan, lecture, October 18, 2017). This was also the way they justified imperialism. Overall, the ideological reasons for the Imperialisms as stated above was to spread Christianity, to make money, control trade, good military, cheap labor, and most of all