Even though Imperialism led to slavery and other bad things, we benefited by getting a better healthcare, education, transportation, and lots more. Imperialism lead to exposure to other cultures, religions spreading, free resources for mother countries, languages spreading, and more workers that lead to a growing population. Imperialism influenced some of the religions in paces today. It also helped mother countries with getting new materials.
One thing that Imperialism influenced was exposure to other new cultures and more religions being spread. Religions spreading lead to more people having an opinion of what religion they wanted to believe in. There were more cultures that were being exposed. In most places, like South America, people still
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The mother countries benefited a lot from this. The mother countries needed resources to make more materials like textiles and food products. Some resources they might have taken is gold or oil from places like South Africa that are filled with those materials. This was very helpful and many people benefited. Some people might argue and say that natural resources were exploited. Without natural resources there may not have been as many textiles or food products, but other resources were used and helped more people.
Imperialism also lead to more workers working in factories and on farm lands. More workers lead to a growing population. The population was more supported. Lots of people benefited from this and made more money. Some people might argue and say people were taken advantage of, or slavery. This is true and not a good thing but, there were more workers that lead to help the population grow and help people who needed
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A lot of people benefited from these languages spreading. Languages spreading meant it was easier for people in different countries or continents to communicate with each other. Languages spread in places like Asia, where today most people in Asia speak the same language. Some people might argue and say that other native languages were destroyed. This may have happened, but since other languages were spread it was easier for people to communicate. And without the spread of languages not everyone would be able to communicate with each
This made the economy sky rocket and allowed tons of jobs to be available for lower class Americans and immigrants. Although the pay was low, the businesses and industries were growing, and farmers were not doing so well. As a result, the younger generation who did live on farms, moved into the more industrial areas in hopes a better work. Families also moved from farmland into the more industrial areas and put their children in school or began working them young and put them in factories to help provide for the families. The conditions in these factories were awful and the rise of child labor conditions began to need a change.
Africa had an abundance of resources that made it invaluable to have as a colony. While each country had its own resources, establishing colonies was a great way to get more resources for cheaper prices. The new resources also produced new products for industrial and economic uses (Doc D). Industries like Portugal, Belgium, France, Great Britain, and Germany benefitted a lot from the African resources (Doc D). The
African communities were also educated in industry and political affairs (Doc 3). They received simpler methods of agriculture that helped them gain a surplus of products and comfortable living standards (Doc 2). Powerful nations prided themselves in these benefits they had brought to previously savage
Upon conquering this country, it brought new modernized technology and reforms, while this also launched racist laws, imposed harsh labors, and ruined economies for many of the colonies Wanting new land and the abundance of natural resources that could only be found within Africa, they wanted new market opportunities that only having colonies within Africa would give them. The ideas of the Europeans quickly depleted as they began to exploit the natives and abuse the slave trade
Imperialism was viewed as a way to guarantee access to these riches and create new trading markets. For instance, colonization of Africa and Asia gave European countries the chance to trade with the colonies and use their resources, such as diamonds, gold, and rubber. The imposition of European economic systems on colonial peoples, such as the forced cultivation of cash crops and the formation of European-style enterprises, was another indication of economic dominance. With their control of international trade networks, financial institutions, and transportation infrastructure, European nations aimed to dominate the world economy. The global economy and the distribution of wealth and power in the world were significantly impacted by the goal of economic
America’s discovery and the formation of Triangular Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas drove many new advancements in technology and economics. For example, inflation caused the capitalism’s popularity to rise, new goods were discovered, and European empires thrived. As the Europeans discovered, the Americas contained many resources such as silver, gold, spices, and other valuable goods that were sold to make a surplus of profit. Later on, such resources were farmed using African American slave labor. Quote A exemplifies the benefits for many upper class Europeans and American slave owners.
Language is vital part of geography, and it is one of the first defining attributes of a nation and impacts greatly the culture. The author in the book The Power of Place, De Blij shares how many societies are working hard to preserve their languages, as if their livelihood depends on it. The author states that even though our world is “flattening” and many more people are speaking the same language this will not stop conflicts. I found this to be an interesting point, as one would think better communication would lead to more peace. This rolled right into his thoughts on the how major languages like Latin now have split into many different branches with the infusion of local culture.
When reflecting on the two fundamentally conflicting arguments -are foreigners better on their own or do they need our help? “American imperialism” comes to mind. This term denotes the economic, military, and cultural influence of the United States internationally. First propagated during the presidency of James K. Polk, the concept of empire-building in the America’s, developed throughout the late 1800th century. During this time, industrialization caused American capitalists to seek new global markets in which to sell their commodities.
Imperialism is the ambition of a powerful nation to dominate the political, economical, and cultural affairs of another nation or region. The idea of imperialism occurred after the Industrial Revolution in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The specific years of imperialism are from 1870-1914. The regions that were affected by imperialism include Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These region were wanted by the imperialist powers of this time, which were: Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.
During the exchange, religion and cultural practices were spread from the Old World to the New World. This spread developed new customs that changed the way we perceive each other and the ways we interact with each other. The two major religions that spread were Christianity and Roman Catholicism. Christianity first came to the Americas with the Europeans. Unlike today, there was no official separation between the church and state, “and politics and religion were very much mixed.
(Tan 84). Peoples' communicating leads to the spread of different ideas. Language connects societies figuratively and literally. Culture and language influence people extensively which allow people to be susceptible to miscommunication when a barrier is too vast. Familial relationships disrupt from language barriers.
Having the use of trade available to different nations made it easier to focus on aspects of receiving the raw materials to make countries more valuable. According to a reliable source, “Overseas colonies could serve as reliable sources of raw materials not available in Europe that came into demand because of industrialization” (911). This meant that they could get rubber from rubber trees in the Congo River basin and Malaya and use it to make many things, from tires to pipes. Tin came from colonies in southeast Asia and copper came from central Africa. Tin and copper were mostly used to make tools and weapons.
In conclusion, imperialism had countless negative effects on the world today. It resulted in slave trade, caused cultures to be destroyed and took away countries’ natural resources. Had it not been for imperialism, the world today would consist of more diverse cultures with less discrimination and countries would be able to use their resources as they
The natural resources would be able to be changed through factories and businesses that the African countries did not have. The colonies also provided people for labour. These people were paid in very low wages or would be taken as slaves for the new Europeans who moved to these colonies. New markets for goods were also now
Overall, imperialism causes a copious number of issues in society that took place in the past and still take place in today 's world. To start with, a few major causes of imperialism are economics, exploration, ethnocentrism, politics, and religion. Economics prompted imperialism due to countries pursuing benefits to improve their economies. Economic benefits mean having control of markets, raw material, and natural resources. Ethnocentrism was a cause of imperialism since its the belief that one race or nation’s values or beliefs were superior to those around them.