Imperialism: How The Industrial Revolution Changed The World
The Industrial Revolution changed the world forever. It helped progress us forward to how things are ran today. It made work faster and more efficient. A thought process that we will have forever. Moving the textile business out from people’s homes and in to the factory was a big necessary step. While some aspects of a factory are different, the process that was used during the Industrial Revolution is the same. The industrial Revolution changed the way we fought our wars, interacted with other countries and looked at our world. Our world became bigger, better and smarter. Between 1750 and 1850, the population rose to 266 million. That is almost double of the population before being at 140 million. Europe as a whole was getting healthier.
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With there being more trains, guns, ammunition, ships, and other revolutionary supplies, it helped them get above the rest of the world. Imperialism defined as the policy of extending one nation’s power either by conquest or by establishing direct or indirect economic or cultural authority over another. Generally driven by economic self-interest, it can also be motivated by a sincere (if often misguided) sense of moral obligation. European countries, the United States and eventually Japan all wanted to do just that. They needed raw materials and a place to sell the good they produced and imperialism could do just …show more content…
Which then starts imperialism. The start of imperialism leads the countries into competition for the colonies with the other imperial powers. Nationalism didn’t help because everyone thought that his or her own cultural, economic and military was supremacy. So when everyone stated land grabbing just so the others wouldn’t get it peoples feathers started to get ruffled. This general rise in tensions led to the establishment of a series of alliances in Europe. Which then caused the race in the arms. All of these things caused the destruction of the European Balance of Power because everyone was trying to one up the other and eventually World War 1 was started. It was a snowball rolling down the hill, building up stem and causing
With there being more trains, guns, ammunition, ships, and other revolutionary supplies, it helped them get above the rest of the world. Imperialism defined as the policy of extending one nation’s power either by conquest or by establishing direct or indirect economic or cultural authority over another. Generally driven by economic self-interest, it can also be motivated by a sincere (if often misguided) sense of moral obligation. European countries, the United States and eventually Japan all wanted to do just that. They needed raw materials and a place to sell the good they produced and imperialism could do just …show more content…
Which then starts imperialism. The start of imperialism leads the countries into competition for the colonies with the other imperial powers. Nationalism didn’t help because everyone thought that his or her own cultural, economic and military was supremacy. So when everyone stated land grabbing just so the others wouldn’t get it peoples feathers started to get ruffled. This general rise in tensions led to the establishment of a series of alliances in Europe. Which then caused the race in the arms. All of these things caused the destruction of the European Balance of Power because everyone was trying to one up the other and eventually World War 1 was started. It was a snowball rolling down the hill, building up stem and causing