19th And 20th Century American Imperialism

Many European countries imperialized, or “extended control and influence over the political or economic life of other nations”(“imperialism.”) for their own selfish desires, which often resulted in harming the cultures of the native peoples in the 19th and 20th centuries . They imposed western ideas on the natives and destroyed the native culture. Britain evaded many counties like India and China. Although they said they were trying to help the inferior, they really were extending their power to other places for their own benefit. To add to the problem, Darwin came up with the ludicrous idea of social Darwinism. He was a strong believer survival of the fittest and natural selection. The belief was that the white race was superior and should
The policy of imperialism was implausible because it ruined the culture and traditions that took years to build up. When the British invaded India, it looked like they were only trying to help. They made a unified government for India since India did not have an organized government before. They reinforced infrastructure, and they removed the dowry system, sati, child marriage, and promoted widow remarriage. All this good stuff was useless because India was being ruled by all British leaders. There was no Indian representative, so there was no way of improving. The British enforced their own rules without teaching the Indians. When the British took over, they brought their own rules and forced them upon the natives. New religions were forced upon the people, native belief was lost, and most traditional cultures and languages were disregarded and taken away. They got forced into doing labor that was