Colonialism and imperialism have been clear phenomenon since the rise of the Europeans. As the European powers rose, other regions fell in their power. However, nationalistic movements all over the world eventually occurred, in order to battle imperialism. In the 20th century, East Asia and Africa had similar causes for the rise of nationalistic movements and their political outcomes, but differed in the ideologies that accompanied these movements. Nationalistic movements arose in both East
late 19th century and early 20th century there was a great want for more lands. This was caused by the industrial revolution. Many people also became very proud of their own countries and believed that they needed to spread their greatness. The most powerful political force was Social Darwinism, the most powerful economic force were wanting resources that they can use, the most powerful social forces were missionaries. Social Darwinism is what drove the political forces of imperialism. Social Darwinism
Africa is in a relatively poor state of affairs today due to the events that occured years ago. The Europeans had encouraged civil war between the African tribes, they had done this to decimate males and use them as slaves. As well as preventing them from mating. The Europeans did not give them Africans useful technology because they did not want them to become advanced. They also did not
is today. There were few restrictions on the movement of goods, labour or capital. As early as mid-19th century, the global economy was dominated by European bourgeoisie. Transport and migration of people was less regulated and comparatively cheaper. Hence, labour was far more mobile between countries than it is today. The central institution of the global financial system in the 19th century was the gold standard.
anymore to have a “national sentiment”. For example, until the first part of the 20th century, French and German citizens had to feel respectively French or German, they were thrown into wars that compelled them to feel that way. But with the emergence of free markets in Europe, of the Schengen area (which though undermined nowadays still represents a huge achievement for peace in Europe) and more generally of the European Union, feeling French or feeling German does not make much sense. Once nations