Economic, political, and social forces that contributed in causing Imperialism

Imperialism is the domination over an undeveloped country socially, politically, and economically. Imperialism affected many countries. For example, China, India, Africa, and South America were all affected by imperialism. Causes of imperialism are nationalistic motives, military motives, economic motives, and missionary motives. Many nations wanted to expand their territory, their army, and develop a more successful trade with no limitation. Imperialism began in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Due to economic, political, and …showed first 75 words of 652 total…

…showed last 75 words of 652 total…the world. Trade contributed to the cause of the New Imperialism because it allowed colonies with no natural resources to trade for and buy them from other countries. This helped other countries to make profits. Military condition would determine how many colonies you had. The more colonies a country had the more natural resource a country had. This helped countries become more industrialized and sometimes it would help countries build up even more powerful armies.