Southeast Asia is well known as a perfect area for plantation agriculture. At one point of time, all of the agriculture products become more important in world trade market that caused European powers to fight each other to claim the lands in this area of the world. During the 1500s to 1600s, colonial powers such as Europeans successfully colonized and take control of the international trade in Southeast Asia. The major Europeans colonizers in Southeast Asia are British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese. Colonization brought mixed results to Southeast Asia countries, including Malaysia. Some of the policies and practices created by the colonial government were negative and also positive in nature. Colonialism and its policies and practices greatly affected Malaysia in many sectors, which involve …show more content…
Under the British colonial rule, there was a large wave of the Chinese and Indian immigrants came to Malaysia that helped change the demographic of this country—Malaysia become a multiracial countries consists of many ethnic groups and practiced variety kinds of religions. These differences of races and ethnicities need a long period of ethnic adjustment and it is also one of the reasons that lead Malaysians to speak many different languages and develop unique Malaysian culture that reflect the ‘mixture’ of all these different ethnicities. However, there are also negative consequences of this. The British in Malaysia practiced a policy that known as ‘the divide and rule’ policy that contribute to the widening gap between those races. Under this policy, the Chinese immigrants were focused to work in the tin mines, Indians in rubber estates, while the Malays worked and stayed in their local villages (Cheong, 2006). In short, they were separated geographically, economically and also
a. North and South stayed separate/distinct 1. North=agriculture, no slaves 2. South= prosperous econ, aristocratic society, trade corn lumber cattle pork and rice (1690s) b. S Carolina: close w Barbadoes, trade, slave-based plantation society, encouraged transport of African slaves 5. North and South Carolina: one of most unstable colonies, 1719 colonists got control of the colony→ king divided into North and South Carolina D. New Netherland, New York, New Jersey 1.
The time period of 1750-1900 CE was a time of modernization and westernization following the Enlightenment and Age of Exploration which propelled Europe into being the central power of the world. It started off with the Industrial Revolution in Britain along with the emergence of capitalism which modernized European technology, weaponry, and ideas as well as giving them the desire for wealth all of which created a foundation for European imperialism in various parts of the world. Asia and Africa both fell victim to European imperialism, but to different extents both politically where Asia mostly retained autonomy while Africa fell under direct rule and socially where Africans fell victim to slavery and exploitation to a much greater degree
2. Describe the similarities and differences between English Colonies established in the late 1600s (p.82-83) 4 restoration colonies, proprietorships, were granted by King Charles II: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Carolina All colonies had the idea of restoring monarchy Proprietors ruled the colonies as they wanted with the consideration of the English law Most colonies followed the Church of England’s teaching while Pennsylvania reflected on the Quaker belief Quakers believed in “inner light” and gender equality in both religion and politics This made Pennsylvania as the most democratic and open colony among them 3.
Due to this conflict, there was more of a disconnect and that pushed the states apart which
From 1880’s to 1914 (end of World War I) New Imperialism was taking place across Europe. The Europeans went into many places and took over forever changing those places. The Europeans were using the new places in Asia and Africa to deliver raw goods, which wouldn’t have been possible without the technological advances from the Industrial revolution. The colonies were then under European rules and considered subjects of Europe.
As the world approached the 20th century, several powers grew desperate far more land and more control. Between the 1870 and 1900 years, Africa and Asia faced European imperialist aggression, diplomatic pressures, military invasion, and eventual conquest and colonization. The event that happened in Africa and Asia during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries had pushed African and Asian to make important political decisions in order to properly respond to Western imperialism. In that period, neither African people or Asian had the power to stand against to the Western imperialism, and eventually both continents had to sign unequal treaties that forced them to open their ports and cities to foreign merchants.
Imperialism In the 19th and 20th centuries, various powerful nations sent colonizers to dominate weaker nations and expand their influence. This domination is called imperialism, which is still practiced today in moderation. Among the many countries shaped by imperialism were India and China. These two large countries were both colonized by the British who were one of the greatest imperialistic powers at that time.
However, during this time, sectional differences, such as slavery, population, and transportation infrastructure, divided the country, shaping its regions to be quite different from each other. Industry in America initially could not support
In the beginning, the countries followed a policy of mercantilism, which strengthened the European economy without concern for the other countries in which they were settling. To build up their economies, the new colonies were usually prevented from trading with anyone but the mother country. By the mid-19th century, however, the mighty British Empire gave up mercantilism and trade restrictions. Free trade principles were introduced which allowed colonies to trade with few tariffs or restrictions. The European colonialism brought about by the Industrial Revolution prompted an early wave of globalization.
Colonialism and Imperialism affected our world both positively and negatively. On one hand, Imperialism has often been linked with racial segregation, manipulation, and hardship. On the other, it has been said that many colonial powers contributed much in terms of schools, roads, railways, and much more. Whether this time period was constructive or harmful, it has played a large part in shaping our lives today. European Imperialism started long before the 1800’s.
France one of the biggest imperializing countries, colonizing areas all around the world. one of them being Indochina. Indochina consist of three different areas Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Colonization in Cambodia there are a lot of reasons but one of the reasons is that. Cambodia was a great country were goods passed by from china
Modern imperialism resulted in an economic shift towards more possible imports. Increased trade massively expanded what European countries could consume. For example, increased access to Indian trade provided Britain with new silk and spices. As a whole, European powers secured access to goods like silver, rubber, gold, diamonds, and tea. This also applied to natural resources and agriculture; for instance, imperialism allowed Britain to replace their rainforests with tea plantations.
The only thing Europeans loved more than political power was increasing their trade. In the 1800’s European nations had a desire to get a lead to widespread imperialism in Africa. With the end of slavery in 1833, European interest in Africa shifted to seizing colonies. King Leopold of Belgium acquired a private country in Africa that was 95 times bigger than Belgium and his purpose was to make money by taking out ivory and rubber.
Lenin (1917) broadly defines imperialism as the highest form of capitalism. Lenin explains that imperialism was an effort by the "advanced" countries to exert their dominance in the world, and own and control its economic resources and potential. Capitalism made it unviable for the less developed countries to follow the route of the "advanced" countries, as this would lead to competition. The monopoly capitalist nations, therefore, did not have any interest in development. Rather, their investment went into the exploitation of raw materials for their industries.
Colonialism first occurred during the Roman, Hellenist, Babylonian and Persian empires, but it is more known during the 15th century as “The Age of Discovery,” led by the Portuguese and Spanish. The colonization of the European in Africa, some parts of Asia and Americas is the most significant factor or could be the basis in comprehending the current state of the countries and people. That is why a deliberate study or reading of the European colonialism is essential to understand how much influence it has made not only on the economy and politics of these continents, but also on how the people look at them and themselves currently. I want to concentrate more on the continent of Africa. In the first place, why did the Europeans even become curious