cultural/social differences. After European countries became industrialized‚ they started to colonize countries in weaker continents like Asia and Africa. The industrial revolution combined with a sense of superiority greatly enabled the expansion of European dominance in countries that were less equipped to protect themselves. The economic differences in Europe and Africa caused imperialism between the two continents. Because industrial countries were ahead of the game‚ they were constantly looking for new
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for European imperialism came from technology‚ the Industrial Revolution‚ and colonization in Africa. European imperialists were so successful because of the steam engine improving transportation throughout the continent. The Maxim gun was quickly granted by countries during the time African armies were still depending on antique weaponry. The steam engine provided easier ways to travel deep within Africa. Colonies and controlling nations were able to have close communication through cables and railroads
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centuries‚ the British Empire was comprised of multiple dominions‚ colonies‚ and territories ruled by the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The British Empire was present in areas all over the globe. Around the early 1900’s the Empire was said to govern a total population of almost 500 million people‚ and covered about one quarter of the total land mass on Earth‚ which was spread all around the world. This empire was known to be the largest formal empire that the world had ever seen. The empire reached its
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The British arrived in Africa in 1539. The British had a great influence on the diverse group of Africans living in Nigeria. British began ruling the territory now known as Nigeria as a colony in the 1880s‚ they divided the more than 200 ethnic groups into three regions: the Northern Region‚ the Western Region‚ and the Eastern Region. For hundreds of years‚ British missionaries‚ merchants‚ and soldiers interacted with Nigerians along the Atlantic coast‚ bringing Christianity (the British tried
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Imperialism‚ as defined by the Dictionary of Human Geography‚ is "the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic‚ cultural‚ and territorial relationship‚ usually between states and often in the form of an empire‚ based on domination and subordination." Imperialism‚ as described by that work is primarily a Western undertaking that employs "expansionist‚ mercantilist policies".[1] Lewis Samuel Feuer identifies two major subtypes of imperialism; the first is "regressive imperialism" identified
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King George V “How’s the Empire?” (izquotes). These were the words spoken by King George V on the morning of his death. The king was a man who cared greatly for his people even on his deathbed. In the Leaving a Legacy unit. The way people have been remembered in history has been thoroughly studied. King George V kept the British Empire standing through a world war and the modernization of mankind‚ leaving an everlasting legacy upon history. King George V‚ whose full name is George Frederick Ernest
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"You are the salt of the earth" (Matthew 5:13). The reforms and initiatives of the Clapham Sect group had a deep‚ broad and long-lasting impact on the world: transforming the spheres of society‚ religion‚ politics‚ management‚ and even literature. Never have the members of one congregation so greatly influenced the history of the world . The Clapham sect was the driving force behind the intensive and protracted campaigns which resulted in the social and political glory of the Victorian era. This
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Canada’s first foreign war. Also known as the Boer War‚ it was fought between Britain (with help from its colonies and Dominions such as Canada) and the Afrikaner republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Although only 270 Canadians died in South Africa‚ the war was significant because it marked the first time Canadian troops distinguished themselves in battle overseas. At home‚ it fuelled a sense that Canada
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World War Two‚ where the guilty party was plain to all‚ there is no such clarity. Germany has been blamed because she invaded Belgium in August 1914 when Britain had promised to protect Belgium. However‚ the street celebrations that accompanied the British and French declaration of war gives historians the impression that the move was popular and politicians tend to go with the popular mood. Was much done to avoid the start of the war? By 1914‚ Europe had divided into two camps. The Triple
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At the turn of the 20th century‚ it was often said that the sun never sets on the British Empire it covered a vast area of the planet that included parts of Europe‚ Africa‚ Oceania‚ North America and Asia. However towards the end of the 21st century few of it’s former colonies remained. The effort exerted by Britain during WW II had left the country exhausted and made Britons turn inward and look at their own country‚ which led to many of them swapping ideas of imperialism to ones of nationalism
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