Ninetheenth-century causes of expansion of empires
Strategic
Nationalism
Missionaires and explorers
Economic benefits
Technological advances
Population growth
The Industrial revolution led to the demand of materials
The european created advanced guns
Steams ships were faster,comfortable,safer and more relieable than sail ships
Medicine advanced
the building of railways in colonies meant tahat marterials would be quickly transported
no lands for a huge quantity of people
A lot of Europeans arounf the word
600 millons of europeans
Having a reliable supply of coal to fuel a navey
individual trading ships
take fuel and food at stations en route to lands far from europe
An Empire was something to be pride of
It demostrated your superiority
Sometimes the powers colonise to prevent other powers to expand
fighting wars overseas required a reliable coal station to keeps the ships at the sea
They discovered new lands
Some of them were looking for oportunities to make themselves very wealthy
The goverments support them when there was a conflict
Raw materials
new markets
Cheap labour
They wanted to convert them to the religion and save they souls