There were positive effects of the New Imperialism. The positive effects of the New Imperialism were mainly one sided, like the negative effects. One of the positive effects of the New Imperialism on the European side, the conqueror side, was the gain of natural resources. Some of the natural resources the Europeans gained were rubber, petroleum, manganese for steel, and palm oil for their machinery. The Europeans were able to map all of Africa. The Europeans, also, were able to map out courses of African rivers. Some of the African rivers that were mapped were the Nile, the Niger, and the Congo. One of the positive effects of the conquered side were that they were shown the glory of God so that they may be saved. The missionaries were the ones that accomplished this, though. The explorers and conquerors were not very concerned with helping them out in anyway. The explorers thought they were better than any of the Africans. These were some of the positive effects of the New Imperialism.
You make a good case here that the benefits mainly flowed to Europeans.
ReplyDeleteThe whole glory of God part is merely an opinion. Some of these people hated Western Expansion, especially when they tried to convert others from their original religion. Look at the Boxer rebellion for example, they became so hateful of foreigners that they tried to kick them out with violence. So that is not necessary a positive effect for all of the conquered peoples, it's actually a positive effect in your eyes.
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