nineteenth-century causes of expansion of empires
strategic
missionaires and explorers
technological advances
economic benefits
nationalism
population growth
Raw materials could be find in new territories
Machine guns
Steam-driven ironclad ships
Refrigeration
Medicine
Railways
Explorers wanted to find new territories for seeking adventures or the opportunity to make themselves wealthy.
Missionaires wanted to find new territories to changes peoples religion to christianity.
Countries needed resources to feed their population.
The bigger the empire of a country, the more powerfull it was.
When a country had to travel long distances to reach a place, if they had colonies they could stop and rest there.
New markets
Cheap labour
nationalist were people who were pride of their nations.