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Mexico was forced to pay for its own stolen land and to keep ties to its imperialist oppressors in the process; Cárdenas and the Mexican state, without a strong national bourgeoisie to fill the vacuum left by foreign capital, became the arbitrator between foreign capitalists and the militant workers' movement. -
The U.S. seized the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam in 1898, as a result of victory in the war with Spain, which was the imperial power in these countries. During that time, close to 19 million people lived in these lands, with over 16 million in the Philippines alone. -
The colonization of Indonesia, which was clearly motivated by Dutch economic interests in the Spice trade, was portrayed as a “civilizing mission.” This was supported by the ideology that Indonesians were primitive and backwards and that the Dutch could civilize and modernize them.
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British imperialism used Australia as a penal colony with an added semi-peasant economy. In its early days the British imperialist idea was to develop Australia as a penal colony with this added semi-peasant economy to maintain the inhabitants.
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British imperialism used Australia as a penal colony with an added semi-peasant economy. In its early days the British imperialist idea was to develop Australia as a penal colony with this added semi-peasant economy to maintain the inhabitants.
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Imperialism had a massive and negative impact on Egypt as can be seen through the lack of freedom that resulted from British colonisation of the nation, (Lutsky, n.d.). Additionally, many Egyptians died due to exploitation and the occurrence of revolutionary activity as a result of imperialism. -
n 1824 British hegemony in Malaya (before the name Malaysia) was formalised by the Anglo-Dutch Treaty, which divided the Malay archipelago between Britain and the Netherlands. The Dutch evacuated Malacca and renounced all interest in Malaya, while the British recognised Dutch rule over the rest of the East Indies.
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About 200 years ago, people from Britain, Europe, and America were exploring the world to find new land to live on. The governments of these countries wanted to own more land and have more power in the world, and they wanted to find new people to trade with.
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The British colonial policy in Sudan developed unsustainable power structures between the North and the South, and between ethnic groups in the South. The result of this mismanagement, underdevelopment, and neglect was the Northern dominance and hegemony within the independent Sudanese government.
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Throughout the late 1700s, the British East India Company expanded its control over large sections of eastern India from its main base in Bengal. For example, by the mid-1800s, the company had come to control all of the Indian subcontinent and ruled over the country through direct administration. -
The French colonisation of Vietnam began in earnest in the 1880s and lasted six decades. The French justified their imperialism with a 'civilising mission', a pledge to develop backward nations. 2. In reality, French colonialism was chiefly driven by economic interests.
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In 1885 at the Conference of Berlin, King Leopold II of Belgium formally acquired rights to the Congo territory, 75 times the size of Belgium. King Leopold was the first European to exploit Congo's people and rich natural resources. Rubber and ivory quotas were imposed on every village and forced labor was universal.
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The United States occupation of Cuba from 1898 until 1902 secured the island as a neo-colonial possession through political coercion, cultural domination, and financial investment. Jose Marti's vision of a new, democratic, diverse and egalitarian republic fell victim to the protectorate.
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Imperialism refers to the practice of certain states using force or power to control or influence other states. In China, imperial powers, such as Britain, Russia, and Japan, took direct control of certain territories, while also forcing the Qing Empire to make concessions and change policies to their benefit. -
British settlers, who came to Kenya because of its resources and comfortable climate, forced indigenous farmers and herders onto infertile land or made them work on European-owned farms and plantations. They created unprecedented ethnic conflict between various groups in their divide and conquer campaign.
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Kenya was colonized by Great Britain between 1901 and 1960. British settlers, who came to Kenya because of its resources and comfortable climate, forced indigenous farmers and herders onto infertile land or made them work on European-owned farms and plantations.