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Nineteenth-century causes of expansion of empires - Coggle Diagram
Nineteenth-century causes of expansion of empires
Technological advances
fast-firing rifles.
perishable products.
Machine guns.
Missionaries and explores
New territories.
believed they were "saving souls"
government support them.
Population growth
People have to emigration to survive.
search a better standard of living
this grows led to acute land
Strategic
army was small
realiable coaling station to keep steam-powered ships at sea.
fuel a navy was also important.
Nationalisim
demonstrayed superiority
some territories were colonized.
economic drain to prevent powers
Economic benefits
cheap labour
new markets
no tariffs
it purchased cotton goods