During the Age of Imperialism‚ the forced growth of cash crops in colonized countries hurt native populations because it led to inadequate food supplies in colonised countries and increased death from armed conflict and from famines.Cash crops‚ or harvests without nutritious value‚ were needed to produce materials in colonized countries during a period of manufacturing development called the Industrial Revolution. Industrialized countries relied on massive quantities of cash crops like cotton‚ indigo
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to be able to acknowledge the consequences of imperialism‚ and the effect it has on those involved. In this paper‚ the question of how Nigeria gained its independence from Britain will be answered‚ as well as the movements that aided the country in its fight for freedom. There will be information on why the British wanted the land‚ how they took control of it‚ and how they lost it. There will be explanations on the most important people involved
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of imperialism are both positive and negative. The positive effects are banning inhumane traditional practices such as sati and the dowry system‚ promoting widow remarriage and prohibiting child marriage. The negative effects are that Britain caused the traditional industries to crash. Also‚ poverty increased. British officials were paid out of the India treasury. Imperialism drained India’s wealth. It destroyed India economically and politically. India became dependent due to imperialism. It
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Country | Britain | Social | * East India Trading Co encouraged many Christian missionaries to convert Indian people‚ creating social-cultural imperialism * New cartridges utilizing animal fat caused disputes with both Hindu and Muslims in the British sepoys‚ leading to the Sepoy rebellion * The Indian Civil Service attempts to create a legitimate authority by giving British rulers the luxury and pompous lifestyle of previous Indian princes. * New sewage and water supplies were installed
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Libya and Imperialism Although imperialism has had a very drastic effect on many countries in Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ it did not have a very significant effect on Libya. Libya had a specific culture‚ religion‚ and language before during and after the Italian Imperialism. Although Libya’s government may have varied depending on who was in power‚ Libya’s culture‚ what the country really is‚ has remained more or less the same. Imperialism may have had a significant effect on other countries‚ but
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U.S. Imperialism Gandhi once said that‚ “I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.” Depending on development‚ social status‚ and other additional variables‚ the level of validity in Gandhi’s quote varies. This has not always remained true to many countries; some groups have remained successful in keeping true to their cultures and not being influenced by outside forces‚ while some haven’t. Who is to blame for this
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Nigeria‚ a country in West Africa‚ was one of the leading producers of palm oil‚ cocoa‚ and groundnuts‚ that had the potential of becoming a powerful nation. However‚ in 1885‚ European powers‚ such as Portugal‚ France‚ Britain‚ Germany‚ Spain‚ Italy‚ and Belgium‚ gathered all together at the Berlin Conference‚ deciding on which African colony they were each going to take over. This was the beginning of New Imperialism. During the Scramble for Africa‚ many African regions were colonized by European
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“Missionaries brought another kind of disorder‚ as the Boxer Rebellion demonstrated. European missionaries rushed newly secured areas of Africa and Asia.”‚ the missionaries main function was to spread religion‚ and they made a crossroad to new found lands to spread their beliefs and ideas. “In the Qing Empire as well‚ with foreign powers in control of revenue collections as a result of the
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Zimbabwe has been greatly affected by western imperialism. During the colonial period‚ white people controlled the then called Southern Rhodesia. They took most of the farmland and organized the agriculture economy. In 1980‚ President Mugabe encouraged squatters to invade these white farms and kill people. This caused the agricultural economy to collapse. By the mid 1990’s Zimbabwe was in a terrible ecumenic state. This only worsened when Mugabe showed no compassion to his people. He turned on the
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Wilton Hayward Professor Brian Parlopiano History 101 April 29‚ 2014 The Scramble for Africa During the 1800s colonization reached one of its peaks‚ almost every European country was scrambling for any un-colonized lands. The one continent that none of them had really made their mark on was the African continent. Africa was very abundant in natural resources‚ which made the European countries more eager to be the ones to colonize it first. Whether it be gold‚ iron‚ cotton or ivory all of the countries
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