HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Question
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Colonies provided new ideas and technological advances unheard of in Europe.
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Colonies provided raw materials necessary for creating manufactured goods.
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Industrialized countries wanted to spread democracy and political freedoms.
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Industrialized countries wanted to improve the standard of living in Asia and Africa.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because the Industrial Revolution increased the production capacity of Western states astronomically, there was an enormous hunger for raw materials to satisfy demands. Thus, the Western powers sought colonies where raw materials were abundant and where they could be appropriated at little to no cost.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under mercantilism, colonies were important because they produced raw materials for the mother country, goods that the country would have to import otherwise (things like grain, sugar, or tobacco). The colonies also gave the mother country an outlet for exports, which increased jobs and industrial development at home.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Industrial Revolution, which took place mainly in Europe during the 18th-19th centuries, led to an increase in factory production in Europe. Businesses needed more raw materials to use to manufacture goods. They also needed more people to buy the goods that they created in factories.
Detailed explanation-4: -Economic growth, moral superiority, and rivalry between nations were the main causes of European imperialism. These led European nations to build vast overseas empires.
Detailed explanation-5: -The demand to build engines, machines, and railways during the Industrial Revolution greatly stimulated the demand for certain raw materials like iron, coal, timber, oil, and steel.