What was one of the economic motivations of European imperialism during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 1

European countries needed new sources of raw materials to make manufactured goods in European factories.

The industrial revolution began within European nations without the need for Imperialism. On this point, for example, Great Britain's colonies in North America were never considered to be imperialist settlements. Cotton from the southern British-American colonies helped to supply the textile mills in England. The mills, however, were already in place.

Later on as competition for power and wealth accelerated among the European powers, their imperialism in China, for example, brought with it both spheres of influence and new sources of raw materials.

Answer 2

• trade
• missionaries (white man's burden)
• curiosity
• wanting of spices and luxury goods