What are the five roots of imperialism?

Answer 1

This question isn't very specific. Are you talking about the first Imperialism missions, or imperialism during the 1800s? The first imperial missions, conducted by Spain and Portugal were almost exclusively in search for a "North-west passage" or a route to Asia to increase accessibility to their spices and silk, which could be turned at a huge profit, by going west of Europe. Ultimately, all of these journeys were technically unsuccessful since none were able to reach Asia, however they did reach America. From there most of the Spanish explorers left for reasons of religious zeal (they wanted to force their religion, Christianity, on the native people they found), Curiosity (they just wanted to see the world) and and greed; because many of these explorers, particularly the Englishmen Sir Francis Drake, turned over huge profits.

During the latter half of the 18th century, during the "New Imperialism" things took a bit of a turn. By this time Germany had become an industrial giant overnight when they unified in 1870 as did Japan thanks the to the Meiji Restoration beginning in 1868, and the United States shelled up with high tariffs and just dumped their products on Europe. This forced the European nations to have to find other markets to dump their products, and so they turned to Africa. They also used the palm oil to help use their machines, and rubber to make tires. They also used imperialism to compete with other European nations, and used their interests in other nations as somewhat diplomatic strategies. Nations would also often force others into forced labor.

Answer 2

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