Imperialism is a both good and bad idea

Imperialism is a both good and bad idea. What imperialism is, is when a nation or empire extends its rule by taking over foreign countries/taking over colonies or dependencies. When a nation imperializes another nation they can both help and hurt the other nation. They can share their technologies and economic wealth with the country and improve their living conditions in return for their help in wars and economic trade. But when most nations imperialize they strip the land of its resources and enslave the people forcing them into a state of economic and social turmoil. This is portrayed in the movie apocalypse now. They portray the event the Vietnam war which had many countries imperializing Vietnam. The war caused the death of millions of people and was very tragic on the Vietnam people and their homeland. This war also had an effect on the soldiers and the horror they witnessed over seas. This movie perfectly captured the idea of the war and what it did to the landscape and people involved in it.

Imperialism was a time where countries mainly those in Europe were going around the world and taking over other smaller countries. The main countries that partook in this event were France, Britain, and Spain in no particular order. These countries did not just one day feel like imperializing their had to be a need for imperialisation. This was normally when the country was in need of money, and or other resources they would go anywhere and do anything to acquire the resource they needed. For example the French were seeking ports to trade goods so the covered a lot of west Africa coast ensuring they would have large areas of trade. But many areas did not allow countries to come in and steal their land.

Many countries had small un modern militaries setup and even though they could not defeat the modern weapons and soldiers of the invaders many of them would fight to keep their land. The natives would often through uprisings though often unsuccessful they would