King Menelik New Imperialism Analysis

Westerners sought to control vast territories though the new imperialism by using their advanced technology to force nations and colonies to give control over to them. Before the 1800s europe had little control over china, india or africa but after the industrial revolution they gained so much influence they brought much of the world under their control. This matter because one of the reasons for the expansions was social darwinism. This Lead westerners to see themselves as superior and rob others of their heritage and imposing undemocratic laws on them to try and get as much resources and money as possible. Because of the use of advance technology the new imperialism gave westerners a reason to spread their beliefs and make money thought he control of territory.

Colonial export policies exploited the native populations to open up free markets for goods by using aggressive foreign policies to force and trick them into working. The british used propaganda posters to trick the population into think how much money they could make. This tricked native populations to working long hours expecting a huge pay but never receiving it. They used the native populations to help create and keep in motion their free market of transporting and creating goods.

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King Menelik ll modernized his country with weapons and infrastructure to protect from outside invaders making his empire one of only two that stayed independent and protected them from colonial rule. This is important because people would were being oppressed against their will wanted things to return to before the colonial rule so they fought back and tried to stay independent and fight the major powers but only a few succeeded. People rebelled against the world powers to keep the colonial rule out of their country and defend their values and