Compare And Contrast Imperialism And Colonialism

Imperialism or Colonialism is the policy of setting up empires and colonies. European countries used three basic ideas from Imperialism to being to build their own empires. The three basic ideas were, Nationalism, the Industrial Revolution and Civilization. Nationalism is devotion and loyalty to one’s country. The industrial revolution was the new manufacturing process, and creation of new products. Civilization is the belief that white men were superior to all other beings. With the use of colonialism, the Industrial Revolution and nationalism, the European countries were able to have almost total control of their conquered and home countries.
The European countries began to expand their empires, and with large empires comes large amounts of power. Most of the countries that the Europeans conquered had never seen European people before. This made them feel intimidated. The intimidation was caused by the white European men, on horses, going and conquering countries with people of different color and only the knowledge of their countries animals. Not only were the men intimidating the large armies that came to follow them were frightening as well.
For example the French paid Egyptians to build the Suez Canal, as an entrance to the Mediterranean. In time the French gave up their half of the canal. In 1875 the French sold their
Expanding their empires had many beneficial outcomes, and helped to create the base for the overall change. The creation of new material help to aid the population of the European countries and the economy. Recreating the way other countries acted and believed had a major impact on the growth of the European empire. Each reason had a major impact of Europe during this time period and aided Europe to become one of the more productive and powerful countries during that