How Did Imperialism Affect Major Nations

Imperialism affected major nations of the world heavily in many different ways. Imperialism affected major nations, like Africa, Japan and India. Before we talk about the effects, what is imperialism? Imperialism is when another country extends its power and colonizes a country for many different reasons. During the age of imperialism, Europeans felt that colonization was the right thing to do and that the “savages” needed to be civilized.

One of the places heavily affected by imperialism in Africa. Before the colonial push to invade, Africa, military and economic structures were established. The Berlin Conference set off the start of colonization in Africa. The big powers of Europe like Great Britain, Germany and France worked to divide Africa into sections of land to be taken by different European countries. The
When imperialism kicked off, trading with places in the west like the USA was common in Japan. When the western ideologies started integrating with Japan, change was threatening because of the ongoing opium wars in China. This ultimately caused Japan to announce the Act of Seclusion. This made it so Japan was isolated from the rest of the world and stopped trading. Although they made this act, Japan's leaders knew that they wouldn’t be able to cut off interaction forever. When the USA got word of this, they weren't happy. Commodore Perry came to Tokyo's border "shall we trade or shall we fight?" Japan ultimately gave into the threats from the USA and allowed them to trade with caution. When this happened in the beginning, there were short-term problems in the economy and politics of Japan. Although these setbacks existed, Japan in the next 20 years flourished. The modernization of countries around the world couldn’t keep up with its advancements and is recognized today as one of the biggest world powers. This benefited Japan greatly and the good outweighs the bumpy start to the