COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM 1870 1914
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spread schools to developing countries
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bring clean water to developing countries
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spread Christianity to developing countries
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improve housing in developing countries
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Detailed explanation-1: -Perhaps the most lasting cultural impact of the missionaries has come through their contributions to Bible translation and education. By translating the Bible into the language of a non-European people, missionaries had to become pupils, learning the finer points of a local language from indigenous teachers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout the history of imperial expansion, missionary proselytising offered the British public a model of ‘civilised’ expansionism and colonial community management, transforming imp-erial projects into moral allegories.
Detailed explanation-3: -Christianity was one justification that European powers used to colonize and exploit Africa. Through the dissemination of Christian doctrine, European nations such as Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands sought to educate and reform African culture.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Jesuits were zealous missionaries who played a major role in evangelizing the world during the Age of Exploration. They had a strong presence throughout the Americas. Francis Xavier became one of the earliest Christian missionaries to reach the Far East.