Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Negative Effects of the New Imperialism


There were so many negative effects of the New Imperialism. People were pretty much fighting over land and power gain, it actually cost them lots and lots of lives, which is awful:( It's horrible to think that people kill one another over that. There are some specific instances too that New Imperialism was bad. When the British had colonies in India, they had an unequal partnership in trading that was in Britain's favor. The British ruined India's hand-weaving industry and they caused a major famine due to deforestation and population growth. When some people are taken over and they want to get independence they'll fight for it of course, like in the boxer rebellion, and they will die for it. Just the loss of human dignity (when missionaries and people looked down on other groups as children) and when people were forced to lose their culture and freedom, like having someone else in control of their country, are all negative.

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  1. Another great response. Do the same check on this one - there are some spelling and punctuation issues.

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