Westerners sought to control vast territories though the new imperialism by using their advanced technology to force nations and colonies to give control over to them. Before the 1800s europe had little control over china, india or africa but after the industrial revolution they gained so much influence they brought much of the world under their control. This matter because one of the reasons for the expansions was social darwinism. This Lead westerners to see themselves as superior and rob others of their heritage and imposing undemocratic laws on them to try and get as much resources and money as possible. Because of the use of advance technology the new imperialism gave westerners a reason to spread their beliefs and make money thought he control of territory.
Colonial export policies exploited the native populations to open up free markets for goods by using aggressive foreign policies to force and trick them into working. The british used propaganda posters to trick the population into think how much money they could make. This tricked native populations to working long hours expecting a huge pay but never receiving it. They used the native populations to help create and keep in motion their free market of transporting and creating goods.
Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium and Portugal gained most of africa under European rule because of their greed thought the thought of spreading their culture and influence. King Leopold ll used purification of the people as a ecules to rule the congo states and use the people as slaves to gain the profits from the richy resourced area. This matters because it put most people in european society were the whites dominated and their was only one region. These countries used the people as an excuse and means to a profit to bolster their wealth and their nations wealth. Many people sought to bring an end to colonial rule by created or strengthening their nations economies and defenses to protect from the outside invaders. …show more content…
King Menelik ll modernized his country with weapons and infrastructure to protect from outside invaders making his empire one of only two that stayed independent and protected them from colonial rule. This is important because people would were being oppressed against their will wanted things to return to before the colonial rule so they fought back and tried to stay independent and fight the major powers but only a few succeeded. People rebelled against the world powers to keep the colonial rule out of their country and defend their values and beliefs. British rule brought stability into India but destroyed their industries, culture and undermined indians as lesser. The british improved life with services like clinics, trains and higher education creating a new version of the indian with a strong british influence. But by doing this they created a faimie due to the increase of people and changing from food to cash crop and also created political leaders who would try to take rule and rebel. The british changed the way of life for India taking away their traditions and modernizing it to become a money making powerhouse controlled by the British. Even though the British brought peace and stability they destroyed the culture and gave Mohandas Gandhi used his ideas of nonviolent protest of British rule to try and help the people gain equal rights and their independence. Using western teachings like civil disobedience to lead the people to a nonviolent solution through boycotts, eta. This matters because it restored pride in India’s traditions and industry. Using his nonviolent protest he caught the eye of the British and gave the poor and others how and pride in their country and their possibly peaceful end to the British rule. The Qing Dynasty declined because of internal and external pressures of trade and rebellion. Westerners and europeans wanting to trade with China used drugs to make the people addicted and force the Chinese government to ban it and fight the traders. Because of this the british attacked the ports and made the government pay a huge indemnity and open more trading ports. But as this was happening the peasants because of unfair taxes, overpopulation,
Colonial export policies exploited the native populations to open up free markets for goods by using aggressive foreign policies to force and trick them into working. The british used propaganda posters to trick the population into think how much money they could make. This tricked native populations to working long hours expecting a huge pay but never receiving it. They used the native populations to help create and keep in motion their free market of transporting and creating goods.
Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium and Portugal gained most of africa under European rule because of their greed thought the thought of spreading their culture and influence. King Leopold ll used purification of the people as a ecules to rule the congo states and use the people as slaves to gain the profits from the richy resourced area. This matters because it put most people in european society were the whites dominated and their was only one region. These countries used the people as an excuse and means to a profit to bolster their wealth and their nations wealth. Many people sought to bring an end to colonial rule by created or strengthening their nations economies and defenses to protect from the outside invaders. …show more content…
King Menelik ll modernized his country with weapons and infrastructure to protect from outside invaders making his empire one of only two that stayed independent and protected them from colonial rule. This is important because people would were being oppressed against their will wanted things to return to before the colonial rule so they fought back and tried to stay independent and fight the major powers but only a few succeeded. People rebelled against the world powers to keep the colonial rule out of their country and defend their values and beliefs. British rule brought stability into India but destroyed their industries, culture and undermined indians as lesser. The british improved life with services like clinics, trains and higher education creating a new version of the indian with a strong british influence. But by doing this they created a faimie due to the increase of people and changing from food to cash crop and also created political leaders who would try to take rule and rebel. The british changed the way of life for India taking away their traditions and modernizing it to become a money making powerhouse controlled by the British. Even though the British brought peace and stability they destroyed the culture and gave Mohandas Gandhi used his ideas of nonviolent protest of British rule to try and help the people gain equal rights and their independence. Using western teachings like civil disobedience to lead the people to a nonviolent solution through boycotts, eta. This matters because it restored pride in India’s traditions and industry. Using his nonviolent protest he caught the eye of the British and gave the poor and others how and pride in their country and their possibly peaceful end to the British rule. The Qing Dynasty declined because of internal and external pressures of trade and rebellion. Westerners and europeans wanting to trade with China used drugs to make the people addicted and force the Chinese government to ban it and fight the traders. Because of this the british attacked the ports and made the government pay a huge indemnity and open more trading ports. But as this was happening the peasants because of unfair taxes, overpopulation,