Imperialism is the idea of colonial expansion by the European powers and political, economic, and social ideas being brought into another country by the European powers. Africa and Asia were the two countries that Europe put their focus on. The Europeans had started to look at Africa and Asia for future imperial conquests. When Africa and Asia had started to be looked at, the Europeans had noticed that the natives were “uncivilized” and “uncolonized”. The Europeans then started to think that it was their duty to change the lives of the natives. The impact that imperialism had on the countries and people were amazing. Although life became improved and advanced for the Africans and Asians, it still had a negative impact on them. By the time that
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They were able to conquer India by exploiting its diversity and because the Mughal power weakened, India became fragmented. In Document 7, it was a except written by Rabindranath Tagore about Nationalism in India. He states “India has never had a real sense of Nationalism” and then later goes on to say “the west must not make herself a curse to the world by using her power for her own selfish needs..”. These statements show that the Indians wanted their own identity but Europe selfishly took it away from them. India couldn’t go against the newcomers and Europe took advantage of them by causing rival princes to have competition and grave disunity. The Europeans had also used their weapons to overtake local rulers. Europe started to introduce their procedures and their way of education and the missionaries once again tried to enforce Christianity on the indians, because they felt that it was more superior. The British also pressed for social change in India. But the indians rose up and revolted and this became known as the sepoy rebellion. The sepoys began to brutally massacre british men, women, and children. However, the british shut down the revolt by killing many and destroying many villages. After the sepoy rebellion, a lot of hatred, mistrust, etc was for the idea of
They were able to conquer India by exploiting its diversity and because the Mughal power weakened, India became fragmented. In Document 7, it was a except written by Rabindranath Tagore about Nationalism in India. He states “India has never had a real sense of Nationalism” and then later goes on to say “the west must not make herself a curse to the world by using her power for her own selfish needs..”. These statements show that the Indians wanted their own identity but Europe selfishly took it away from them. India couldn’t go against the newcomers and Europe took advantage of them by causing rival princes to have competition and grave disunity. The Europeans had also used their weapons to overtake local rulers. Europe started to introduce their procedures and their way of education and the missionaries once again tried to enforce Christianity on the indians, because they felt that it was more superior. The British also pressed for social change in India. But the indians rose up and revolted and this became known as the sepoy rebellion. The sepoys began to brutally massacre british men, women, and children. However, the british shut down the revolt by killing many and destroying many villages. After the sepoy rebellion, a lot of hatred, mistrust, etc was for the idea of