The Giving Side of Imperialism

Beginning in the early 1800s, a new diplomatic concept, Africa and the new imperialism, was introduced in Africa and the Asian continent. The main empire of the 19th century and the 20th century was Britain, a developed country in Europe. Less than 100 years, the great European powers changed the face of the eastern hemisphere. The influence of this new imperialism faces a major controversy among historians trying to classify and compare its strengths and weaknesses.

The theory of imperialism usually looks elsewhere, focusing on the second British empire. Liberal leader William Gladstone introduced the term "imperialism" in English first in the 1870s and criticized the imperial policy of Prime Minister Benjamin Deereyeri who accused this policy. It was inspired by the domestic motivation that is aggressive and prominent. That word was soon taken up by supporters of "imperialism" like Joseph Chamberlain. For some people, imperialism has appointed idealism and charity; other people insist that it is characterized by political self-interest, more and more people want it capitalistic greed .

Imperialism had two different eras. The first wave of imperialism known as "old" imperialism continued from 1500 to 1800. "New" imperialism lasted from 1870 to 1914. The three main differences we are discussing today are economics, politics, and the motivation behind all of them. Through economics, the wave of old and new imperialism is very different. - Imperialism Between 1890 and 1913, the United States worked under what is called imperialism. Under imperialism, a powerful country creates an empire by dominating weak nations such as economic, political, cultural and military. The reasons for this imperialist growth are economic factors, nationalistic factors, military factors and human factors. In the United States, there are people who oppose this, others who do.

There are many other important factors, but the main reason for the rise of imperialism is, of course, economic. Eric J. Hobsbawn's "Age of Empire" provides interpretation of the new imperialism. Hobbes claimed that imperialism is "a natural byproduct of the international economy" (Sherman pg 177). He basically said that imperialism is dependent on the competition of the competitive industry and the competitive industry continues to promote the international economy. - After President McKinley was assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt inherited the growing empire when he took office in 1901. The United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 and the western American war gave America control over the Philippines. It also led the United States to establish a protectorate in Cuba and to provide territorial status to Puerto Rico. After the end of the Spanish-American war, the Philippine Islands became an American colony, and finished the isolation of the United States from international politics.