Imperialism Has A Positive Effect On Non-Industrialized Society

Imperialism is when a large nation dominates or takes over a smaller nation or colony for political, social, and economic reasons. Imperialism has had more negative than positive effects on the non-industrialized nations at the time in the world. One positive effect of imperialism is when larger nations give to the smaller colonies in various helpful ways. They built a lot of things for the colonies, like railways, roads, and canals. They also established schools and even sometimes had some of their people teach in them, like missionaries. The nations also modernized with new technologies like telegraphs and newspapers, which improved the economy and brought the colonies closer together. Another positive effect of imperialism was giving better medical care and better sanitation. There were also improved methods of agriculture, which helped increase the production of food. All of these positive effects made the people in the colonies live for a longer period of time, and just made them have better lives overall.
One of them is the nations putting the people of the colonies through hard work, which did not civilize the smaller colonies. They were taken advantage of especially because the nations were so powerful, were put through cheap labor, and had absolutely no freedom. Another negative effect was the force of their religion through Christian and Protestant missionaries sent to the colonies to teach them that their religion is superior. Not only was religion forced on the colonies, but the Westernized culture was too. One example was Rudyard Kipling’s poem “White Man’s Burden” where he talks about Europe’s superiority, and the poem became very popular around the world. All of the victims to imperialism, or underdeveloped countries were heavily exploited and were given no rights to do anything even though the powerful nations gave them modern