COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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the nations wanted fueling stations for their naval ships.
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the people of Africa and Asia were poor and in need of help.
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the countries of Europe were competing to become the most powerful
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because the Europeans wanted a market for goods made in factories
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this era, in particular, nationalism pushed the governments of Britain, France, Germany, and other European powers to compete, first in Europe and then around the world. Nationalism motivated imperialists to take new colonies before their competitors could.
Detailed explanation-2: -The rise of nationalism in Europe was stimulated by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
Detailed explanation-3: -In some countries, nationalism contributed to the formation of a state through the union of autonomous territories sharing a common culture, like in Germany or in Italy. It also fed movements of resistance against imperial rulers governing multicultural empires.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nationalism was a product of the rise of involvement of people in government, the formation of empires and periods of economic and social transformations. Wars, imperial conquests, political discourses, rivalry, newspapers and popular culture contributed greatly to the pre-war nationalism.