Relationship Between Industrialization And Imperialism

The period of Industrialization and Imperialism brought great change and progress to many nations across the world. For centuries, the industrial revolution changed economies and lives of nations’ citizens, also created the idea of imperialism. While there were a few positive outcomes from the two teams, it also brought many hardships for families who were trying to make ends meet. The relationship between industrialization and imperialism is often seen as codependent because one often leads to the other, but they are also very different terms who have their own cause of action and challenges. The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain around seventeen fifty. Many factors triggered the spark such as the creation of, “new energy sources,
The rise of industrialization led to imperialism in the eastern nations and other nations around the world. As the western nations continued advancing in their technology and ideas of economics, the eastern nations continued with their traditional styles that they were used to. The western nations did not like the fact that the Muslim empires and Asian nations wanted to stick to their traditional methods of trade because they felt like they could earn a greater profit if those nations progress along with them. In Egypt, Muhammad Ali took over the Egyptian government to promote industrial education in hopes to expand his territory and gain more profits. This conflicted with Great Britain and France interest in the Middle East’s markets. In China, the officials attempted to stop the importation of opium to keep western influences out of China. Great Britain, a large producer of opium, relied on China’s importation of opium as a large source of income, so they declared war on China. Great Britain’s highly superior military quickly won, and left China with a series of unfair treaties with the British which, of course, caused China to have tension with the British. The industrialization of the west led to imperialism of the