Africa of course‚ would be colonized by the many Europeans. However‚ a lot of African groups/civilizations would start too. They would start and older ones would be expanded. The slave trade had decreased due to British pressures and so Africa started trading more of other items with the rest of the world. This same thing was happening in Asia and the Middle East too. In South Africa‚ the Zulu kingdom would be formed‚ and in Western Africa‚ an Islamic caliphate‚ Sokoto Caliphate would be formed
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The Impacts of European Colonialism in Africa The importance of studying history lies in the fact that by analyzing past events‚ one can gain insight on how something came to be. The fact that many countries in Africa today are underdeveloped for example‚ can be explained by European colonization and exploration in the past. Some historians would disagree with this view and assert that European colonialism actually served a moral purpose and was mutually beneficial to both parties. They argue that
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COMPROMISE WITH COLONIALISM Successful suppression of revolutionary outbreak after the formal end of the Fil-Am war was enough reason for the Filipino elite to pursue the alternative of peaceful struggle. Involvement During the Military Phase‚ 1899-1913 1899‚ Schurman Commission --> also known as the First Philippine Commission -->the legislature of the Philippines‚ then known as the Philippine Islands under the sovereign control of the United States during the Philippine-American War. It was established
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Colonialism and the imperialistic mindset are common themes in the study of history‚ whether the peoples‚ cultures‚ and nations being studied were the colonizers or the colonized. The classic colonial strategy has always been seen as using and draining the colonized for markets and resources in order to sustain the largest profit margin‚ but an alternative theory‚ dubbed Settler-Colonial Theory‚ has more recently been expounded upon to provide a different point of view. This second take on colonialism
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Ethnocentrism refers to an individual who sees‚ thinks‚ and idealizes with the idea that his cultural background and nationality is beyond better than that of others. In today’s modern and complex society‚ many Americans tend to live by this belief or idea of ethnocentrism; they believe they are better off‚ because the United States of America is looked at‚ thought of‚ and respected as one of the most powerful and decorated nations in the world today. Despite having different beliefs based on culture
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The intention of colonialism‚ though cloaked with moral justification‚ was clear from the beginning: in order to assert oneself as a dominant power‚ a country must steal‚ ravish and exploit the land‚ people and culture belonging to another. The belief that taking of foreign land was justified because a particular country had the power to do so with little genuine resistance was so prevalent during the late Nineteenth‚ early Twentieth centuries that it significantly‚ and tragically affected those
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Colonialism in the Congo: The Terror of Civilization The images of gaiety and wonder that typically accompany one’s thoughts of an expedition into the magnificent natural wonders of Africa lie in stark contradiction to subjugation and cruelty of a people as displayed in The Congo Report. An aspect of the government’s masquerade of a virtuous mission in the Congo is the “efforts to suppress such barbarous practices” and bring civilization to the “savages”. Private enterprise was able to hide a large
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Colonialism in Latin America took place over a span of 300 years and came to an end starting in 1821 due to unrest in Latin America. Independence for the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies brought both short term and long term consequences but many of the leaders in the early stages of the independence movements were optimistic about the future of their countries. At the start there was a lot of violence‚ lack of capital investment‚ and constant power grabs by the wealthy elite. Those troubles
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Imperialism in India Document 1 According to this author‚ what are the benefits of imperialism to the colony? Imperialism profited the colony because the colonizers helped built a civilization‚ the progressive nations can establish schools and newspapers for the people of the colonies What are the benefits of imperialism to the colonizer? They were able to help the colony built a civilization and they them self’s were able to control garden spots and built roads and transportation
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question of how these resistance movements fight and for what aims that has shaped the course of events in the 20th century and will shape them in the years to come. From Colonialism to Imperialism The United States has exercised political and economic domination over the Philippines since the defeat of Spanish colonialism in 1899. Twice it has posed as the liberator of the Philippines from imperialist powers‚ first from Spain then from Japanese occupation in the Second World War‚ and both times
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