Imperialism

Early in his reign, King James I issued royal charters for the colonization of the mid-Atlantic region, now Virginia, to English stock-joint companies, which raised capital by selling shares. In other words, it was colonized to make money for England and possibly expand trading.

The Berlin Conference of 1884Ð85 regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. Expansion became fueled by the conference and previously unsubjugated lands in Africa ended up under European control during the nineteenth century

ITALY was the primary colonizer of Libya, taking the territory in 1911 from the Ottoman Turks, who had governed the territory as the Tripolitania Eyelet since 1517. However, the borders of Libya away from the coast (the southwestern, southern, and southeastern borders) were not officially set during the colonial period. As a result, some of the territory that is part of Libya today was part of British-occupied Egypt or French-occupied Algeria or Chad during the colonial period.

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Europe dominated the Americas. Spain had the largest impact on the area, as it controlled the most land. This is why the majority of American countries are of Spanish origin (Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Chile, etc.). Languages, culture, food, ideas, religion, etc. were all brought in from the Europeans. Canada and the US are the two most Europeanized countries in the Americas, and perhaps the most Europeanized countries outside of the European continent. These two countries, sometimes also included is the remainder of the American countries, are included in the Western World (with Australia and New Zealand, an additional two Europeanized countries). The Western World is the region of Earth defined as being Europeanized. Although Latin America (which comprises of most of the Americas) is not really seen as Europeanized and is sometimes not included in the Western World.

The Anti-Imperialist League thought that America should preserve its size and keep from expanding to preserve its economic power. McKinley thought so too, but in the end the war was won and no one could oppose.

Oh by the way- "But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep" -Robert Frost

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.

The US was never completely isolated from the rest of the world. Trade made the US an active member of world affairs. It was during the period of the 1890s that the US foreign policy became influenced by imperialism. During that decade, the US became the most important industrial power in the world. That meant we had to find markets and areas to obtain raw materials. Business was also looking at other areas in the world as potential customers for our products. The US military, especially the Navy, was growing and expanding in other areas of the world where we had not had the ability to go in force before. The war with Spain and the presidency of T. Roosevelt also made the US a major economic, military, and imperialistic power.

The US Open Door Policy was designed to open up the European-made Spheres of Influence in CHINA to US influence and trade.

africa was rich in natural resources, and during the time of the industrial revolution the european countries were needy and wished for that. they went to africa and exploited the resources :)

They hunted and trapped animals to get the fur.

Well, when Europe decided to spread, Portugal went on a different route than the rest of Europe. Portugal ended up in Africa and found gold and salt. It quickly took over by controlling trade. It then set up colonies with all the supplies it needed.

The positive impact of colonialism in West Africa came as a result of the avoidance of long standing tribal hostilities due to the occupation of a strong, European presence. The British also took steps to set up an infrastructure that helped in the development of the states after they had won their independence. However, on the negative side, the citizens saw natural resources ripped from their country, which they did not share in. The Imperialists established a form of racial separatism which denied the native people access to many of the opportunities that were available for the imperialists. Territorial orders were changed by the imperialists that placed long time enemies in the same areas, resulting in tribal warfare after independence.

In the early 1500's, Portuguese merchants settled in the Goa area of India. They established a profitable trade connection with their homeland and ruled there about 450 years.

Uruguay was at first a Spanish colony, but it was overtaken by Portugal into their Brazilian colony. So both Spain and Portugal colonized Uruguay.

depends on the country. it started in the late nineteenth century (1800's) and most countries were independent by 1960ish. so its probably around 60 to 80 years for the vast majority of countries. some countries have been independent now for about as long as they were colonized. Europeans did live in Africa for a while before colonialism.

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The first known Spanish landing[4] on the Yucatán Peninsula was a product of misfortune, when in 1511 a small vessel bound for the island of Santo Domingo from Darién, Panama ran aground on some shoals in the Caribbean Sea, south of the island of Jamaica.[5] The ship's complement of fifteen men and two women set off in the ship's boat in an attempt to reach Cuba or one of the other colonies, but the prevailing currents forced them westwards until after approximately two weeks of drifting they reached the eastern shoreline of the Peninsula possibly in Current-Day Belize

No, that was WW1. it brought rise to new ideologies (communism and Fascism) which most of Europe embraced.

Loss of individual culture

When a country gives up its power on that country, it will not be able to govern itself as well because it was subject to another ruler (example: many ungoverned, corrupt countries in Africa)

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Imperialism in China was largely a result of a combination of internal and external factors. Internally the period of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) saw a period of economic and political stagnation which left the country vulnerable to foreign powers. Externally the industrial revolution and the rise of Western powers meant that China was seen as a land of opportunity for these foreign powers. This led to the signing of various unequal treaties including the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 which ceded Hong Kong to the British and opened up several ports to foreign trade. Other unequal treaties granted foreign powers extraterritorial rights and gave them access to Chinese resources and markets. This opened the way for foreign economic and political domination in China which led to the rise of imperialism in the country.

I mean the first political party ever was the federalists but really people started taking sides on these things with the revolutionary war between the loyalists and the patriots.

If your talking about it's actual territory now! Then it has taken half of "Leon" which was another country that used to exist in Europe, Madeira (some islands that were inhabitted by humans, "founders keepers"), Atlantis (Today called Azores, also it was inhabitted). If your talking about what it has taken in total in the past as well like its colonies that is:

*Brazil

*Uruguay

*Angola

*Mozanbique

*Guinea-Bissau

*São Tomé e Príncipe (no translation in English but it literally means "Saint Thomas and Prince")

*East-Timor

*Macau (a separate state from China today)

*Goa (A little part of India)

And many other parts like islands or small areas that today belong to other countries.