Another reason for a country to expand is the pride in being powerful. Imperialistic times are typically times of great nationalist pride. By conquering a country it gives the people of a nation a sense of superiority over a people. An example of this is when the fascists took over Ethiopia in 1936; the reason for the invasion was so Italy could feel as if like one of the more powerful nations, Britain and France.

Francisco Crispi knew that in order to secure the political status of Italy he needed to follow the trend of European nations and colonize into Africa. Politically, if a country had control of a colony, it was considered stronger, and more influential because the nations political decisions would influence a greater area. It was very important for nations back then to stay politically parallel with each other, because if

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