Imperialism and Characteristics

Imperialism is the economic domain that have the powerful countries with the poor countries. It was the process in which Europe ruled an exploted Asia and Africa. It occured in the last period of nineteenth century until the First World War.


Characteristics:

1. In the economic way, the Imperialism power forced their colonies to trade in an exclusively way with the imperialist country. And that promoted the colonies explotation.
2. In the political way there could be different types of governments:

• Colonies: Countries governed by officials 
• Protectorate: The native's government was in charge of the internal aspects under the supervision of the imperialists countries. And foreing policy and army were in charge of imperialists countries.
• Metropolitan territories: the colony was a part of the imperialist country and it was sort of a province.

3. Military occupancy.

4. They created cities in the colonies especially for the European people who lived and bringed some native to work with them.

5. The evangelization of the native people.

This events crearly didn't make a progress in freedom or even in terms of racism, or even democracy because the imperialist country was in charge of everything, so the people with the maximum power took the desition of the country without the population's opinion.

(2015). Imperialismo y Colonización en el siglo XIX. 14/10/15, de Wikipedia Sitio web: http://enciclopedia.us.es/index.php/Imperialismo_y_colonizaci%C3%B3n_en_el_siglo_XIX#La_Administraci.C3.B3n_imperial_y_las_transformaciones_locales


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