Differences Between 16th and 19th Century Imperialism
The Differences Between 16th and 19th Century Imperialism and their Effects on the World Today.
Name: Mr. Big
Student #: C10539956
Course: INS 201
Professor: Dr. Ventricle
1. What is ‘imperialism’? How did 19th-century colonialism, empire building, high imperialism differ from those of earlier times: in particular from the colonialism of early- modern mercantilism (16th to18th centuries)?
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Introduction
According to John Findling and Frank Thackeray’s “Events that Changed the World in the 19th Century” Imperialism is defined as “the policy of extending a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.” It then goes one step further describing Spain, Portugal, England and France as countries who went on an ‘imperialistic binge’ in the late 1800’s expanding their vast colonial empires “at the expense of native inhabitants.” Although that statement is accurate in many respects, I do not believe it to be entirely true, in particular with the British Empire. The attraction for Europeans in foreign lands was in securing foreign products for trade back home, not possess the natives and their domains for the sake of it. European civilization experienced a period of extraordinary rapid expansion around the globe during the last third of the nineteenth century. European nation-states had become very influential because of industrialization and because of the organizational efficiency of the nation-state itself. “European global expansion had actually begun in the fifteenth century, but the process greatly accelerated in the nineteenth century.”(Sauer). Native Americans were liquidated or thoroughly subjugated to European rule. “Most
Name: Mr. Big
Student #: C10539956
Course: INS 201
Professor: Dr. Ventricle
1. What is ‘imperialism’? How did 19th-century colonialism, empire building, high imperialism differ from those of earlier times: in particular from the colonialism of early- modern mercantilism (16th to18th centuries)?
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Introduction
According to John Findling and Frank Thackeray’s “Events that Changed the World in the 19th Century” Imperialism is defined as “the policy of extending a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.” It then goes one step further describing Spain, Portugal, England and France as countries who went on an ‘imperialistic binge’ in the late 1800’s expanding their vast colonial empires “at the expense of native inhabitants.” Although that statement is accurate in many respects, I do not believe it to be entirely true, in particular with the British Empire. The attraction for Europeans in foreign lands was in securing foreign products for trade back home, not possess the natives and their domains for the sake of it. European civilization experienced a period of extraordinary rapid expansion around the globe during the last third of the nineteenth century. European nation-states had become very influential because of industrialization and because of the organizational efficiency of the nation-state itself. “European global expansion had actually begun in the fifteenth century, but the process greatly accelerated in the nineteenth century.”(Sauer). Native Americans were liquidated or thoroughly subjugated to European rule. “Most
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