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Imperialism
One country extending power and dominance over another country or area is known as Imperialism. Based on ideas of superiority and authority, dominance is achieved through direct territorial acquisition or gaining economic control over an area.
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How does colonization continue to affect the Caribbean today?
Colonization continues to affect the Caribbean today in various ways. The country does not experience its sovereignty and cannot make independent decision which affects the development of the country.
What is the difference compare imperialism in Africa in 1878 andimperialism in Africa in 1913?
The date my good man, is the difference. Look for the events taking place between the years NOT imperialism before you begin to look for the difference.
What nations were involved in colonizing Africa between 1880 and 1914?
industrialized western European nations
Why did the british colonize sierra Leone?
Because they wanted Diamonds, the rivers, slavery and also because it was a big competition to get there.
What was the major reason European rulers sought to colonize North America?
1.- Free land with what seemed to be an unending source of lumber.
2.- So many beavers in the streams that you could Ford them without getting your feet wet. (or so the story went)
2.- Abundant fish in the Western Atlantic Ocean.
3.- Unclaimed Caribbean islands to grow sugar cane, for rum.
What things are not causes for a nation to become imperialistic?
There are many things that can lead a nation to abandon or never consider imperialism:
1) Weak Power of Projection: If a country lacks the army, technology, or neighbors who can be subdued, the country simply cannot do imperialism and, therefore, does not engage in the project.
2) Domestic Opposition: If the people within a country do not want an expansionist foreign policy, they can vote down imperialism.
3) Resource Self-Sufficiency: If a country produces all of basic resources it needs, there is no reason to invade other places and expend the manpower to unearth those same resources somewhere else.
4) Better Results from Trade: If a country has good trade relations with another country that produces a needed resource, trading for that resource is far less expensive than forcibly wresting that resource from its host country.
How did Spain's colony in Mexico differ from its colonies in New Spain?
They were one in the same. New Spain is the name Spanish conquistadors gave to the lands of present-day Mexico.
What was the purpose of French Colonialism in Vietnam?
Positive aspects? There is French bread and some nice looking architecture in Vietnam today. I guess that counts for something.
During colonization the French built irrigation canals in the Mekong Delta. This led to increased cultivation of rice (quadrupled from 1880-1930) and greatly increased the export of rice for Vietnam. However, only a small cut of the profits came back to the landowners, and even less to the peasants.
The French financed their projects (in addition to taxation) by recruiting forced labor. You could call that creating jobs. There was also convict-labor, poor working conditions, lack of medical care, low salaries, and sometimes they weren't even paid.
The French officialized 'quoc ngu', the written script using the Roman alphabet. Unfortunately, along with colonization came widespread illiteracy. That is to say, literacy was more widespread among the majority before the French took over.
A small number of children were admitted to lycées, secondary schools of the French.
Medical care was well organized in the cities, for the French. Not for Vietnamese, thought even if it was for the Vietnamese, it would only benefit the small percentage that didn't live in the rural areas. There were 2 physicians for every 100 000 Vietnamese.
There was a small minority of Vietnamese large landowners. They owned close to half of all the land, even though they accounted for less than 3% of the total number of landowners.
Whatever positive the French brought/created only benefited a small minority of Vietnamese and, of course, the French themselves.
Is manifest destiny compared to predestination imperialism merchantilism capitalism?
Manifest has two main components as explained by Alexi De Toccaville in "Democracy in America - 1835"
1) That the United States would eventually extend to the Pacific was inevitable due to the fact that the US was the most powerful player in North America.
2) The God had ordained that Christianity would dominate the American continent. The religious pilgrims from Europe viewed their success in America as prof that a divine power sanctioned their expansion into America.
Predestination is a religious doctrine that holds that certain individuals are to be granted admittance into heaven while all others are doomed to hell. Often it is explained that since God has infinite knowledge and makes each person he knows from the moment of your creation whether you will be saved or not.
Imperialism does not simply mean the expansion of a nation's borders. It means the exploitation of a the economic resources of a foreign nation and perhaps political control over it fro that purpose, usually through the excessive of military might. It would be more appropriate to say that Native America was conquered as opposed to being a victim of imperialism.
Mechantilism may refer to a political preferance for established busniesses.
Capitalism is a system where contracts are honored under legal penality, property may be owned and sold at the pleasure of the owner, theft and voilence (and the threat of) are removed from the economic sphere, and individules are free to act in their own interest.
What is the difference between colonialism and colonization?
colonization: Go to and live permanently as part of a settlement in a foreign land that is inhabited; and converting the original inhabitants by renaming and altering: them; their land; their laws; their spirituality! A politically correct word for kidnalling, and theft.
colonialism: 1. a policy in which a country rules other nations and develops trade for its own benefit. 2. As an -ism, belief; A self righteous justification for colonization.
In 1899 France made its first claim to have control over Morocco. The French Foreign Minister of the day, Théophile Delcassé, put his own views very plainly at the time. In December 1900 and again in November 1901, Delcassé won the secret agreement of Italy that Morocco should come under the control of the French Government. However, the issue became public when Delcassé approached Spain over French claims to Morocco. The Spanish government insisted on informing the British government. With the matter now in the public domain, Delcassé was forced to formally approach the British government with his belief that France should take control over Morocco. The British government initially refused to support Delcassé but they changed their minds in April 1904 when the two governments agreed that France could have a mandate over Morocco as long as the French government publicly renounced any remaining interests in Egypt. In October 1904, Delcassé got the agreement of the Spanish government as well after offering Spain territories in the southwest of Morocco.
