The Pros And Cons Of British Imperialism

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Imperialism is the act of expanding your country's power through military force. This was very popular during the 1870’s which was appropriately named the Age of Imperialism. Much of Europe was taking over undeveloped smaller countries that were not able to defend for themselves. Britain, France and Germany were the strongest imperialists of the time. Britain held many countries in Africa and Asia. They in my opinion were the strongest imperial power. The legacy of imperialism was good for the world because it gave new technology and infrastructure to native countries. One of the biggest countries size and population wise that were imperialized was China. Britain helped them in many ways by imperializing them. A big way that they were benefited was with trade. Britain set up many ports all along the coast so …show more content…

To this day you can still feel the british influence there. I actually have a personal connection to this case because a lot of my grandpas were freedom fighters to get the British out of India. Sadly most of them have passed now but they were all accomplished men and had superior nationalism to the rest of us. Anyways back the to the positives of imperialism in India. When the British invaded India they added a lot of new technology that helped the economy. One of the big things was a good transportation system. Thy built a railroad system that help the people get from place to place but also trade so the industries in India could get foreign resources. Indians obviously wanted to get the British out hence my grandparents but this really brought together the country and created rebellions. This might seem bad at first with all the violence but in retrospect this truly brought together the country. The British as they always do also implemented their education system to this day is still 6th in the world. India instead of pushing it out they built up on it and created a better

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