Consequences of Industrialization

Consequences of Industrialization

• Nationalism Motives for Imperialism:
  • European powers used nationalism to justify imperialism, asserting authority over other territories.
  • Examples include British expansion in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore) and French expansion in Algeria, New Caledonia, Senegal, and Indochina.
• Cultural & Religious Motives for Imperialism:
  • Europeans believed in their cultural and racial superiority, leading to racism.
  • Phrenology: Used skull size to argue the inferiority of Africans and Indigenous Australians.
  • Social Darwinism: Applied Darwin's theory of natural selection to justify social hierarchies (though Darwin himself was not a social Darwinist).
  • Religion: Missionaries established schools and provided medical care, working to end the illegal slave trade.