What Was The Impact Of Imperialism In Africa

Imperialism has played a significant role in the outcome of history as we know it, Imperialism has led to many revolutionary world changes and it has led to the solidification of the world trade system despite how terrible the trade good was that solidified this system. Imperialism has led to great and terrible changes in the course of the history of the world. For example a terrible change the was brought about by Imperialism is that it was the Imperialism of many different parts of the continent of Africa the facilitated the terrible capturing and selling of native Africans so that they may dedicate what would likely be the rest of their lives to working under a master as a slave. However, Imperialism also brought the world many good things as well, for example, it was Imperialism that …show more content…
This is seen in that it was in the Imperialism of many countries all across the world that we were able to solidify world trade relations to the point that a shirt may be made by several different countries, the cotton was likely harvested somewhere in Brazil or somewhere else in Africa, and then shipped to China where it was spun into thread and then formed into a blank shirt, and then it was likely shipped to either the United States or Mexico where the blank shirts got stamped with a picture or logo. Then the shirt was put into a box and shipped to whichever American child ordered it, then after the child grows out of the shirt it may get shipped to an organization that will give it to an under privileged child in Africa, the very same place where the cotton for the shirt was originally picked. This great circle to production and exchange is possible because of Imperialism, it was because of the incursions of people into all of these places that the organization of the labor that it took to make that shirt is