COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM 1870 1914
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Nationalism
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Social Darwinism
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Economics
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Compassion
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Detailed explanation-1: -The four major motives for imperialism are economic, strategic, religious and political. These motives helped great empires expand their territory and brought new cultures and languages to both the colonised countries and the countries colonising them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Imperialism results from a complex of causes in which in varying degrees economic pressures, human aggressiveness and greed, the search for security, the drive for power and prestige, nationalist emotions, humanitarianism, and many other factors are effective.
Detailed explanation-3: -What are the Five Motives for Imperialism? The conquering and occupying of countries around the world was driven by five main motives: exploratory, economic, political, ideological, and religious.