Why was there a rapid expansion of empire building in the nineteenth century?
technological advances
technology
Made the buildings possible
Machine guns
Key motive
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Explorers and misionaries
Discovered new territories
Dr livingstone
he kept detaile record of places that had never beeen mapped before
facilited the expansion of the empires
Medicine had advanced
Some wanted to make themsekves wealthy
Others were just seeking adventures
Missionaries undermined the local power structures and traditional beliefs of the society they entered
Economic Reasons
Key motives
New markets
territories will contribute raw materials and food products
Cheap labours
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People Growth
One in three people in the world ere european
1 million people starved and 1 million emigrated
Massive increased of people
nationalism And National Rivalries
The public supported in expand
European leaders wanted colonies to complete with rival eurpoean powers
Strategic Reasons
Having a reliable supply of coal to fuel a navy
Britain had a larger navy than a lot of Europeans counrties