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Imperialism
Motivations
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Racial Superiority
Social Darwinism
provided the motivation for strong nations with advanced civilizations to take over weak nations with primitive civilizations
It was not an evil to imperialize another weaker naiton but rather benevolent in mercy to bring them the glories of the western nation
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Advantages
Economic
industrial
from 19th century, each European countries start industrial revolution, which lead their ability of producing become the highest at that time, that support them have enough power to sell cheap and high quality goods to made a solid foundation for external expansion and economic plundering
Military
by process of technology, military got more powerful weapon, like warship, gun, and harder armor. Those things support them defeating colonies' resistance.
Technology
many European countries all spent man a lot of attentions on science and technology, which promoted the rapid development of science and technology.
on medicine, Europe known reason of communicable disease, many doctors' research help them decrease death of communicable disease. increase speed of European population's raise.
on transportation, steam ship and train decrease time of transportation, support European countries can raise their development speed. Like trading and material transportation
Global Effects
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Objection and Debates
Congo Reform Association
writers like Joseph Conrad and Edmund Morel flooded the European Consciousness with arguments against Leopard II's imperical venture
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Economics
economist J.A.Hobson argued that was ultimately a detrimental economic system in the long run because it depended on markets that were inherently unstable
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Nationalists' Resistance
One of the main reasons Europeans were so successful in subduing the African continent was because of their superior weaponry
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