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    Imperialism is the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries. British imperialism in India has affected the country in many ways. There is negative and positive effects that take place in the past or present. British rule in India lasted for nearly 200 years. However‚ British interest in India started in the 1600s and ended with India’s independence in 1947. In 1601‚ the British East India Company was set up in India‚ which represents the first of Britain

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    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 did more harm

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    Imperialism is one countries domination of political‚ economic and social structure of another country. The main reasons behind imperialism are nationalism‚ culture‚ and resources. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ imperialism was growing in Africa. The main countries involved in the imperialism in Africa were the German‚ French‚ Great Britain. Nationalism is another way of saying national pride. Europeans had great power and pride and wanted to show just how powerful they were by gaining

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    The British Imperialism had minimized a good percentage of local warfare‚ with having European military controlling the raids between tribes which had reduced. What good is all that‚ what is the whole fascination of the British Imperialism with Britain’s hunger? Africans had lost control of their land as well as their independence.The quarrel included many nations of Europe such as: France‚ Great Britain‚ Germany‚Spain‚ Italy‚ and Portugal. British Imperialism actually had a good impact in Asia

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    The British imperialism had a huge impact on the world. One main thing it effected was that it had broke the old age pattern of the agrarian economy. It had also forced the production of crops in many places. It had effected the geography‚ economics‚ and culture in primary and secondary sources. It had ended community handicrafts through the unbeatable competition of the I.N.P (Industrial Nations Product). British had an influence on the filed of economics such as modern human rights‚ scientific

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    was involved in imperialism. This is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Britain has impacted the world through imperialism by its politics‚ economics‚ society‚ and the environment. Between the goods map and the graph was I see is the British have a higher profit than the Indians. The map has the British being small have not much to trade or give to other countries besides resources used for defensive machinery. The British have $8‚400 profit

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    be like to have your country overtaken and any power or government being overthrown? This tragic event happened in the 1870s the to people of Africa when the Europeans decided to imperialize meaning a to enforce a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. The driving force behind European imperialism in Africa although hard to be determined would be national identity economical prophets and the fear of social unrest. The Europeans decided to imperialize

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    it may not work. The people who lived in India during British imperialism and Jews during the Holocaust are the examples of human rights violations. The treatment of Indian during British imperialism was one of the examples of human violation. British imperialism means that Britain‚ which was strong‚ took over the weak‚ such as

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    Prompt: What were Western motives for imperialism in Africa and how did people resist such oppression? Africans were forced to live their lives a certain way by the people in power but are now improving. The people who were in power were white people. Africans are able to do more than they used to and use more gadgets than they could use before.Africans made a good fight for their rights and are progressing as time passes. Some think they’re losing what’s most important. One reason that supports

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    In the years leading up to the Age of Imperialism‚ Cameroon was relatively primitive. The first known people to inhabit the area of Cameroon were the pygmy Baka people. They were replaced by the Bantu tribes and absorbed into the Bantu culture. Of a religious point of view‚ a powerful Islamic movement in the country largely replaced traditional native beliefs. Christian missionaries also began to have some influence later on‚ with the coming of Europeans. Fernao do Po was the first European to reach

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