WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -ECONOMIC motives included the desire to make money, to expand and control foreign trade, to create new markets for products, to acquire raw materials and cheap labor, to compete for investments and resources, and to export industrial technology and transportation methods.

Detailed explanation-2: -Motives for European Imperialism. The three main motivators of European imperialism were economic growth, rivalry between nations, and moral superiority.

Detailed explanation-3: -Imperialism arose out of a complex mixture of political, economic, and social forces, although historians do not agree on which influences were most dominant. Industrial revolution had increased demand for raw materials – iron, coal, manganese, tungsten (steel alloys), copper (electricity), rubber (variety of uses).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Europeans needed raw materials to make products in their factories. They knew they could get these raw materials cheaper from their colonies than they could if they bought them from other countries. Also, mineral resources, such as gold and silver, could help make their countries wealthier.