What made European colonialism in the nineteenth century different from earlier colonization efforts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
What will be an ideal response?
Europe had developed a colonial legacy long before the end of the nineteenth century, but it was based on a mercantilist economy, and these colonies preceded industrialization. With industrialization came a greater and greater need for raw materials to produce finished goods, and so Europe turned its attention to regions of the world previously not deemed desirable for colonies; however, they were perfectly fine to exploit for resources. The trend toward imperialism was a critical component of this concept and also tied into the economic underpinnings of imperialism. Imperialism has more of a cultural component to it than the earlier efforts at colonialism. It included the idea that Europeans (and North Americans) had a moral responsibility to spread their culture and technology around the world. This became part of the new imperialism. Imperialism did have an economic component based on the necessity of goods to further or maintain industrialization, goods that were procured from tropical areas. However, imperialism was also based on nationalist competition within Europe.
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