Imperialism

It suggested that powerful countries had the right to rule over weaker countries.

They had never paid direct taxes in the past.

Herbert Spencer stated that the strongest civilizations would conquer the weak.

It allowed them to more easily conquer and control colonies in Africa and Asia.

How did the Industrial Revolution motivate Europeans to claim colonies around the world? A. Europeans hoped to recruit scientists from around the world to help develop new technology. B. Europeans wanted to spread industrial technology to poor countries around the world. C. Europeans hoped to find natural resources to produce goods in factories. D. Europeans needed places to use the new technologies they had developed.

It allowed leaders in different parts of an empire to easily communicate.

It allowed them to move people and goods rapidly from place to place.

Answer this question… European states hoped to economically dominate different parts of China.

Though the revolutions failed to establish new governments, they helped spread ideas that inspired later revolutions.

The Taiping Rebellion targeted the Qing dynasty, while the Boxer Rebellion supported it.

19th-century imperialism was more focused on controlling a territory's economy than colonizing it.

The scramble for Africa

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It made Indians second-class citizens in their own country.

Eliminating Indian laws in favor of English laws

Germany guaranteed Austria-Hungary its support in the conflict with Serbia.

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Countries that had not participated in earlier waves of imperialism began to establish empires. n…

They created a foundation for colonialism by introducing Western beliefs to foreign countries.

(APEX) a country forces its neighbor to provide it with iron ore at extremely low prices