IMPERIAL MOTIVES

IDEOLOGICAL motives for imperialism

These motives were based on cultural values such as the belief that the white race was superior, other cultures were "primitive," Europeans should "civilize" peoples in other parts of the world. Great nations should have empires, and only the strongest nations will survive.

ECONOMIC motives for imperialism

These motives included the desire to make money, to expand and control foreign trade, to create new markets for products. to acquire raw materials and cheap labor, to compete for investments and resources. and to export industrial technology and transportation methods.

RELIGIOUS motives for imperialism

These motives included the desire to spread Christianity, to protect European missionaries in other lands.to spread European values and moral beliefs, to educate peoples of other cultures and to end the slave trade in Africa.

POLITICAl motives for imperialism

These motives were based on a nation's desire to gain power, to compete with other European countries. to expand territory, to exercise military force, to gain prestige by winning colonies, and to boost national pride and security.

EXPLORATORY motives for imperialism

These motives were based on the desire to explore "unknown "or uncharted territory, to conduct scientific research, to conduct medical searches for the causes and treatment of diseases.to go on an adventure, and to investigate "unknown" lands and cultures.

Imperialism

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.

Social Darwinism

The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.

White Man's Burden

A poem by British poet Rudyard Kipling commenting on American imperialism. It created a phrase used by imperialists to justify the imperialistic actions

Empire

A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

colony

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.