COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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The creation of the steam engine.
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Cars.
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Good wind.
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Africans picked them up in uber and drove them there.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The invention of the steam engine allowed Europeans to easily travel on rivers to establish bases of control deep in the African continent. Railroads, cables, and steamships allowed close communications within a colony and between the colony and its controlling nation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The steam engine allowed Europeans to travel upstream to establish bases of control deeper within the continent. Railroads allowed for faster transportation and communication within a colony, and between the colony & its controlling nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -European powers could easily take control of any source of land by using force and violence. They accomplished this by using more powerful weapons, and had the advantage of the newly invented machine gun called the Maxim gun which was invented in the 1880’s.
Detailed explanation-4: -It helped in the development of transport e.g. steam ship and trains. This helped in the transportation of people in Africa. With the development of railway Europeans were able to move into the interior of Africa and exploit minerals. There was demand for coal to produce more steam.
Detailed explanation-5: -Advances in medicine were joined by those in transportation. The steamboat, with its power to travel both with and against the flow of rivers, enabled Europeans to push into the interior of Africa (and many parts of Asia as well).