- 1800-1914
- The time period where Europe controls the majority of the world economically, militarily, and politically
- North America and South America are not included since they've had their independence
- Europe pretty much took over Asia, Africa, and the Middle East from 1800-1945.
- Why?
- Economic Exploitation
- Colonies provide the natural resources, workers (cheap labor), and markets
- Motivations for Europeans (competition)
- The Europeans competed with each other for Africa and other Imperial land. Major players being France, England, Belgium, Germany, and Italy.
- Nationalism
- Getting the colonies is like the olympics, where people want the most bragging rights
- Irrational, competitive pride in one's country
- Racism
- Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species"
- Natural selection
- Creatures mutate naturally
- Species that mutate in favorable ways survive!
- Species that change in poorly adaptive ways go extinct
- Look into the Darwin awards lmao
- Social Darwinism
- White people totally have better adaptations than everybody else
- Not part of Darwin's ideas
- Racism II
- Which cultures are superior?
- African? Asian? European? Duuuuh European
- "White Man's Burden"
- Our culture is better! We'll make you look like us while we're taking your money! We'll just "civilize" (BRAINWASH) you or else!!!!!! :)
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