Imperialism is a policy that seeks to increase its size, either by forcing or influencing other countries to submit to their rule. During the 1800s, Great Britain’s empire expanded to include India, other parts of Asia, and parts of Africa. Great Britain’s colonial rule had both positive and negative effects on the colonial empire. There were political, and economic causes of British Imperialism. Great Britain not only modernised countries, but also benefitted from them by their useful advantages. The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a transition from rural societies in Europe and America to industrial and urban. Preceding to the Industrial Revolution, which started in Britain in the late 1700s,
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According to Document 1, “The British Government was invited, pushed, and persuaded into helping the Rulers of certain States to introduce order into their disorderly, penniless, and distracted households [departments of government]” (Document 1). This shows that Britain wanted to organize a system of government which would secure justice for other nations. This document exemplifies the idea of ethnocentrism. The British were judging the other nations of their government, thus changing their political conditions to improve their countries. As stated in Document 3a, “First and foremost among the active imperialist groups come certain business interests… To begin with, there are the exporters and manufacturers of certain goods used in colonies” (Documents 3a). The British had business reasons to go to other nations. In this document, The European countries wanted to exploit India for raw materials and then sell the final product back to them for money. This organization was called the British East India Company, which was a joint-stock company that traded with India primarily for raw materials. Expressed in Documents 4a and 4b, the British countries were interested in Africa because of their large quantity of tea and gold (Documents 4a & 4b). This highlights the actions that were caused from the Berlin Conference. In the Berlin Conference, Otto von Bismarck called the European nations to Berlin to …show more content…
According to Document 1, the British forced the Africans to practice Christianity while they took over Africa (Document 1). This document portrays the concept of Assimilation. Assimilation is basically absorbing colonized people into the culture of the imperialist nation. The British did this by the influence of Christianity. As shown in Document 5, India changed under British rule by communication, sanitation, etc (Document 5). This shows that India created positive standards of living under British rule and it also highlights the key idea of ethnocentrism. The British judged India on their lifestyles, so they decided to improve it for the benefit of the people. In addition, in Document 6, the British made many improvements such as ending slavery, establishing a court system, educating officials how to administer their country, and also creating an education system (Document6). This also shows that the British positively influenced the Africans’ lives. However, they also did many negative and harsh things. According to Gandhi's speech, the British impoverished India, controlled the Indian government instead of letting India’s rule, and disregarded the interests of Indians most of the time (Document 7). Document 8 states, “Socially the ogre of racial segregation and discrimination makes it extremely difficult for the colonial to develop his personality to the full”
According to Document 1, “The British Government was invited, pushed, and persuaded into helping the Rulers of certain States to introduce order into their disorderly, penniless, and distracted households [departments of government]” (Document 1). This shows that Britain wanted to organize a system of government which would secure justice for other nations. This document exemplifies the idea of ethnocentrism. The British were judging the other nations of their government, thus changing their political conditions to improve their countries. As stated in Document 3a, “First and foremost among the active imperialist groups come certain business interests… To begin with, there are the exporters and manufacturers of certain goods used in colonies” (Documents 3a). The British had business reasons to go to other nations. In this document, The European countries wanted to exploit India for raw materials and then sell the final product back to them for money. This organization was called the British East India Company, which was a joint-stock company that traded with India primarily for raw materials. Expressed in Documents 4a and 4b, the British countries were interested in Africa because of their large quantity of tea and gold (Documents 4a & 4b). This highlights the actions that were caused from the Berlin Conference. In the Berlin Conference, Otto von Bismarck called the European nations to Berlin to …show more content…
According to Document 1, the British forced the Africans to practice Christianity while they took over Africa (Document 1). This document portrays the concept of Assimilation. Assimilation is basically absorbing colonized people into the culture of the imperialist nation. The British did this by the influence of Christianity. As shown in Document 5, India changed under British rule by communication, sanitation, etc (Document 5). This shows that India created positive standards of living under British rule and it also highlights the key idea of ethnocentrism. The British judged India on their lifestyles, so they decided to improve it for the benefit of the people. In addition, in Document 6, the British made many improvements such as ending slavery, establishing a court system, educating officials how to administer their country, and also creating an education system (Document6). This also shows that the British positively influenced the Africans’ lives. However, they also did many negative and harsh things. According to Gandhi's speech, the British impoverished India, controlled the Indian government instead of letting India’s rule, and disregarded the interests of Indians most of the time (Document 7). Document 8 states, “Socially the ogre of racial segregation and discrimination makes it extremely difficult for the colonial to develop his personality to the full”