HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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Non-industrialized nations wanted to spread their power.
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Enlightenment ideas such as free speech spread throughout the world.
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Industrialized nations needed raw materials for their factories and mills.
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Queens and kings of Europe needed a vacation spot.
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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: -The advent of capitalism, European imperialism, efforts to mine coal, and the effects of the Agricultural Revolution have all been highlighted as causes for the Industrial Revolution by historians.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the industrial revolution lead to the new imperialism. The industrial revolution provided funding for wealthier European nations to expand their territories. They also searched for places rich with the materials they needed for their businesses and for new market places for their goods.
Detailed explanation-4: -Imperialism results from a complex of causes in which in varying degrees economic pressures, human aggressiveness and greed, the search for security, the drive for power and prestige, nationalist emotions, humanitarianism, and many other factors are effective.