Why Did Industrialized Nations Build World Empires In The Late 19th Century?

The massive land grab of the late 19th century began as a result of industrialized Nations competing. Industrialization had previously begun in Great Britain and was most likely due to the fact that Britain had easy access to raw materials like coal and was more accepting of the middle class moving up. The small population in Great Britain also brought about innovation as the need force laborers grew.
As Great Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Italy and even the United States began to become more industrialized competition grew as each country did not want to be outdone by the other. The idea of imperialism along with being the primary way of showing off a country’s greatness, also had practical means. It was an easy way for these countries to gain raw material, cheap labor and a place to market their goods. This colonizing of new lands for social, economic or political reasons meant protecting those interest, so even more territories were taken to insulate and protect them.
As previously listed, the three reasons why the industrialized nations of the world began building world empires in the late 19th century were social, economic and political
If an industrialized nation colonized an area, it could use the raw materials found there at no cost to create products, which intern it could force the very same colonized country to buy. Each colonized country added a new source of raw materials and a new market to the already existing ones. This created a constant source of raw material and revenue for the industrialized countries. Some raw materials were cotton, coffee, sugar cane, coal, gold, and let’s not forget cheap or in most cases free labor. The owning of new lands also meant that there were more places for their people to go and this also controlled the population in the home