The main reason for European Imperialism was unmitigated greed. Secondary to the greed was the competition between world powers. It was like a race to see which country could acquire the most land holdings. Britain clearly won the contest, with an empire much more vast than any of the other European powers.
They took too many of they're Natural Resources and gave them illnesses such as small pox, measels and infulenza. Because of that, the population fell dramatically. Over the course of 40 years
Countries wanted to control the natural resources and trading rights of African and Asian countries.
Imperialism is the practice of taking control of weaker nations.
European nations often viewed colonized people as inferior to Europeans.
Liberalism, imperialism.
The Industrial Revolution promoted imperialism because after nations (mainly European nations) acquired advanced technology and military, they all competed for their overseas empires which led to imperialism.
european nations wanted monopoly control of markets and resources.
It is commonly described as "the age of Imperialism".
European imperialism collapsed internally when nations resisted Germany's effort to take them over. Externally it collapsed when colonies rebelled against the treatment by the mother country and sought freedom.
European nations were able to generate new trade routes overseas
Hands Off policy
establish a military force of member nations to enforce its objectives (A+)
The industrialization of less-developed nations.
European imperialism was started by Portugal