HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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The desire to spread their culture to the “uncivilized” world
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The need for natural resources and raw materials as emerging industrial societies
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As a way to “compete” with other European nations
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A method to secure immigrant labor for their factories
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the late 1800’s, economic, political, and religious motives prompted these nations to expand their influence over other regions, each with a goal to increase their power across the globe. The Industrial Revolution of the 1800’s created a need for natural resources to fuel newly invented machinery and transportation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some of the motivations for new imperialism included a desire for raw resources, the belief that a nation could not be great without colonies, racism, and the desire to secure worldwide bases for trade and war.
Detailed explanation-4: -The desire of European nations to build an empire and become a world power was the primary motivation behind the political motive for imperialism.