Imperialism
Imperialism is political, social or economical one country that rules an alien country. During the 1800's, European Countries and the United States started imperialism in Asia and Africa. In 1841, Dr. Livingston started exploring the African Interior, which produced promising information of the land and rivers. Explorations of gold and diamonds in Africa by Rhodes spurred excitement in the Western Countries. Two European nations had already had colonies in East Asia in 1800, which were Spain and the Netherlands. The western nations wanted imperialism in Africa and Asia because of new economic movements such as raw materials and new markets to export their goods, and they wanted to spread their religion in the these new territories. In the year 1819, Great Britain founded a new colony called Singapore. This colony became a major stopping point for trade between China and Europe. This new colony was similar to the colonies set up by Portugal in the 1400's in Africa. After their new Colony Singapore, Great Britain started to expand their East Asia colonies for economic reasons. They received the right to trade with the king of Burma. Later, Great Britain received territorial rights to Burma
Imperialism in Africa and Asia had been similar in several ways. In both Continents, Europeans set up colonies for economics, but in Africa, the imperialism was also economic but social and political as well. In Asia and Africa, imperialism brought strong independents such as Liberia and Ethiopia in Africa and Thailand and Japan in Asia. On both continents Missionaries were set up to convert the natives to Christianity. In Vietnam, French missionaries were persecuted by the locals, who feared they were a threat to the Confucian Doctrine. In Africa, missionaries were treated better than the French missionaries had been in Vietnam. Imperialism brought trade with Africa and Asia. In Africa, they traded gold and diamonds to European homelands. In Asia, they traded spices and raw materials to the Europeans. In Africa and Asia, Imperialism brought about rival European nations opposing each other for territories on the continents. In Asia, France had to colonize Vietnam to try to stop Britain's monopoly of lands in Southeast Asia. In 1898, France and Britain met each other in Fashoda, Sudan. The two countries would have probably brought war but France was preoccupied with the Dreyfus affair. Britain then regained control of Sudan. In East Africa, Germany and Britain became chief rivals in this area. In South Africa, a war had started between the Great
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