Why Is The British American Justified Imperialism

7. The European countries that had a major presence in Asia were Britain, France, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United States. The territory that the British controlled was India where it was first under control of the British East India Company and then Parliament with the Raj, and they also had Malaya, the French had French Indochina that consisted of Laos and Cambodia, the Netherlands had the Dutch East Indies including Java, New Guinea, and Sumatra, Russia had influence over outer Mongolia, and the United States had influence in Japan and control over the Philippines, gained from the Spanish-American War.
8. The Europeans justified imperialism by claiming that they had a mission to civilize the uncivilized populations of the places
A British imperialist may have justified the export of opium into China in defiance of the wishes of the Chinese government by claiming that there was a market for it since, even though it was illegal, there were still people buying it. They would have said whatever they could to justify it because all the cared about was the economic gain for their own country, rather than the toll it took on the Chinese. They would not have cared about the wishes of the Chinese government because they would have claimed that if they really did not want opium imported than they would have to do a better job at eliminating the demand in their country rather than taking it out on the suppliers.
4. The fact that the British government was willing to go to war over opium exports shows that the motives behind British imperialism are purely for the economic benefit of the British regardless of death it could cause. They showed how they did not care about the lives of the Chinese by selling the opium in the first place, and now by being willing to go to war, they are showing that, to a degree, they do not care about the lives of some British men fighting the war if it meant the economic gain for Britain overall.
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The causes of the Boer War in South Africa were the discovery of diamonds and gold in Transvaal and Orange Free State area that Cecil Rhodes and the British wanted to claim as their own, but was in the area the Boers technically controlled, and the tensions between the Dutch Boers and the British in general in South Africa. Also, the Kruger Telegram contributed to the tensions that led to the war. The effects of the Boer War were the British defeat of the Boers and the formation of the Union of South Africa that included Transvaal, Orange Free State, Cape Colony, and Natal. The causes of the Sepoy Mutiny in India was the British East India Company’s treatment of India when they were ruling, the resentment of British direct control of Indian States, and the use of gun cartridges greased with animal fat which was sacrilegious to the Muslim and Hindu soldiers. The effects of the Sepoy Mutiny in India was India beginning to be ruled by Parliament instead of the British East India Company. The similarities were conflict between the people living in the colonies and the intensions of the mother country. In the Boer War, the conflict was between the Boers, the Dutch that had been previously living in Africa, and the British from wanting to exploit them for their benefit. The Sepoy munity was also caused by the sepoys, the Indian soldiers, tension with Britain of their disrespect for their culture and the British East India Company’s want to exploit India and its disregard for