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IMPERIALISM - Coggle Diagram
IMPERIALISM
CONSEQUENCES OF THE COLONIES
Rivalry between the European countries for the possesion of the colonies
FIRST WORLD WAR
Demographic consequences
Increase of population
Medical improvements
Decrease of mortality
Rates of natality continued high
Economic consequences
Explotation of natural resources
Alteration of natural landscapes
Social consequences
Racial segregation
Bourgeoisie, elite of the colonies
Indegenous population, second hand citizens
Political consequences
Dependence of the colonies from the metropoli
Nationalism in the colonies
Colonies don`t know how to create democratic systems
Cultural consequences
Acculturation of the colonies
European cultures
High rates of illiteracy
CAUSES
Demographic causes
Population grew
Overpopulation
Big migration movements
Economic causes
Investion in the colonies
Cheap and rich raw materials
Cheap workforce
Factories
New markets
Political causes
Colonialism
Recover prestige lost.
European rulers regain the support of the country
Nacionalism
Militar and commercial interests.
Scientific causes
Colonialism a way of knowledge
Curiosity and adventure of literature
Exploration
Ideological and cultural causes
Racial superiority
Occupation of underdeveloped territories
Babarians, sauvages and primitive people
New way of colonialism
Beginning of the 19th century
Metropoli > Colonies