Even know that the officials in the government of the United States, Russia, Britain, Germany, and other European countries that were involved, were in favor of colonizing the lands of Egypt, Japan, China, India, Hawaii, the African continent, and others inferior lands, there were still common people that opposed what was happening. In 1899, at the same time that Kipling published his “White Man’s Burden,” a satire was published by Henry Labouchere in which the truth of the efforts were revealed that one must destroy the blacks that try and stop the colonization. This writing began with, “pile on the brown man’s burden to gratify your greed; go clear away the ‘niggers’ who progress would impede” (Henry Labouchere, “The Brown Man’s Burden,”
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One can see that without the technologies of the steam engine, Maxim machine gun, quinine, and the telegraph, there is a great chance the colonization would not have taken place or would have been a lot slower and more difficult. In addition to these technologies we must include all the production, manufacturing, and agricultural advancements that were made during the Industrial Revolution. Without these significant advancements there would not be a means for mass production and, therefore no demand for a global market. Another aspect of expanding the global market was the profit and money to be made. If there were no profit to be made the superpowers of the west would not have invested so much in the colonization efforts and their political and social power would have been restrained. Along with the money came position and colonization became a game to see what empire could colonize the most. Lastly, because the west incorporated every nation that embraced the Industrial Revolution, the west was seen as superior to all other nations and people. Because the west was made up of white protestant people, the white protestant people became the superior race among the entire world. This led to propagating the white protestant ideology to the natives in the lands that were being colonized which included; religion, capitalism and style
One can see that without the technologies of the steam engine, Maxim machine gun, quinine, and the telegraph, there is a great chance the colonization would not have taken place or would have been a lot slower and more difficult. In addition to these technologies we must include all the production, manufacturing, and agricultural advancements that were made during the Industrial Revolution. Without these significant advancements there would not be a means for mass production and, therefore no demand for a global market. Another aspect of expanding the global market was the profit and money to be made. If there were no profit to be made the superpowers of the west would not have invested so much in the colonization efforts and their political and social power would have been restrained. Along with the money came position and colonization became a game to see what empire could colonize the most. Lastly, because the west incorporated every nation that embraced the Industrial Revolution, the west was seen as superior to all other nations and people. Because the west was made up of white protestant people, the white protestant people became the superior race among the entire world. This led to propagating the white protestant ideology to the natives in the lands that were being colonized which included; religion, capitalism and style