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    “The White Man’s Burden” is Kipling’s hymn to U.S. imperialism. In February 1899‚ Kipling wrote the poem “The White Man’s Burden” in relation to the Philippine-American War. This poem was Kipling’s way of welcoming the United States into the imperial nations club. The poem itself is a warning to what the United States will encounter throughout their experience as an Imperial power. The main point of this poem is that Kipling says that imperial powers face a very difficult and thankless road ahead

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    This policy was meant to extend its political and economic influence around the globe. Before the new imperialism began‚ the old imperialism had begun. This meant that the European nations were trying to find a direct trade route to Asia during this age. However‚ they gained new land and established colonies in the Americas‚ India‚ South Africa‚ and the East Indies. They also gained territory along the coasts of Africa and China. The first half of the nineteenth century‚ colonialism was less popular

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    Whether you agree with the Imperialism in India or not you can’t ignore the fact that the British went to India with a demand for more raw materials to fuel the industrial revolution. Once they saw the potential in India they decided they wanted to get involved‚ Splitting it up into many sections so that there would be no conflict‚ however the people of India had no say in this and the more advanced development of the British left them ultimately defenseless against the British. I believe the British

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    inhabitants of South Africa were Black Africans who immigrated several thousand years ago. Over time‚ the large number of people split into three main groups: the San‚ the Khoikhoi‚ and Bantu peoples. South Africa was first colonized by the Dutch and the English in 1652. This colony was located in Cape Town‚ in the southwestern peninsula connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. Since the beginning of the colonies in South Africa‚ European immigrants took charge and dominated the large native population

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    Imperialism is the policy of extending a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations‚ countries‚ or colonies. This is either through direct territorial conquest or settlement‚ or through indirect methods of influencing or controlling the politics and/or economy. The rule of authority of a country is based on territory‚ economic establishment and political influence. The term is used to describe the policy of a nation’s

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    late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ European nations were colonizing lesser known areas of the world such as Tasmania‚ Namibia‚ Australia and the west coast of America. White Europeans encountered people they had never seen before; their way of life was ‘primitive’ and ‘savage’ in the eyes of the Europeans; who at the time were experiencing the industrial revolution. They saw these people as lesser than themselves as they did not have the technology the Europeans did‚ as a result this led to them being

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    British vs. African Perspective on Imperialism Imperialism is an arrangement of a country’s power being expanded by the impact of diplomatic and military means. The Europeans and British wanted to take over other countries/colonies and imperialized for new natural resources‚ new markets‚ and the belief in European superiority. The first reason the imperialized is because they would get the new natural resources of that land such as copper‚ tin‚ gold‚ and diamonds. They were in control of or owned

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    as state and establish a recourse base under the rule of the Musahiban family by institutionalized private property and developing a new infrastructure network. In 1978 there was a communist coup. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in fear of a loss of its communist influence on the government. The Soviet communist regime was in control until 1989. In 1989 the Soviet communist government collapsed leading to the Soviet Union Leaving Afghanistan and

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    the European acquisition of Africa colonies in the period 1880 to 1914. We live in a world today in which the consequences of nineteenth-century Western imperialism are still being felt. By about 1914 Western civilization reached the high point of its long-standing global expansion. This expansion in this period took many forms. There was‚ first of all‚ economic expansion. Europeans invested large sums of money abroad‚ building railroads and ports‚ mines and plantations‚ factories and public utilities

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    were multiple effects deposited on the indigenous inhabitants of Africa‚ including social and economic. Socially‚ the negative impression of imperialism evolved into loss of religion‚ population and dignity. Economically‚ the negative impression of imperialism evolved into loss of land‚ economy and livestock. In the time of 1892-1975‚ The continent of Africa was struggling with imperialist aggression‚ military invasions and eventually colonisation. Many countries within Africa were occupied by other

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