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