Aziz Razakov AP World History
Change Over Time Essay
The age of imperialism 1850-1914 caused from needs of the Industrial Revolution, and the selfish motivations of rulers of powerful nations led to the change of culture values, class systems, government systems and modernization in overseas colonies. The “white race” or the Europeans felt superior to others, they felt as if they needed to “civilize” men of other countries, they needed to conquer them, convert them to Christianity and modernize their country. This task was known as the “White man’s burden”. The real idea for “civilizing” non-European countries was dominating their political and economic life, gaining access to natural resources, increasing European markets, and satisfying the needs of the Industrial Revolution. Europeans applied the ideas of Social Darwinism, “survival of the fittest” as their roots of imperializing other countries.
Imperialism of India by the British began in the 18th century.......
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