American Imperialism In The Early 1900's

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Imperialism is the colonizing of weak peoples by stronger nations and sucking all of the natural resources out of their land. The age of Imperialism was in the late 1800s through the early 1900s. The main region that was the sovereign states in this time period was Europe. Imperialism is viewed negatively because it was enforced with excessive violence. Avatar mirrors the Age of Imperialism and how it was enforced with the military powers at play, the attempt to use economic influence, and the attempt to assimilate native people. Avatar was directed by James Cameron, and was released on December 18th, 2009. In short, humans from Earth travel to a far-off planet, Pandora, specifically to mine a mineral called unobtainium, which is a superconductor. Given how humanity treat the Na’vi as a lesser …show more content…

They were punished for deviating from European societal standards in any way and relapsing to their mother culture. Rome was the prime example of military power being used to support imperialism. They would conquer locations, and when the natives were safely subdued, harvest all of the natural resources they prized and could not make for themselves. Economic incentive was displayed in Africa. Europeans colonized the area for its gold, diamonds, rubber, ivory, and cotton. Those who cooperated would get a very small cut of the spoils; rebellion, however, would be targeted like weeds in a prize garden, and tolerated about as much. In Avatar, assimilation was represented by the “schools” that they had attempted to set up before Jake arrived, and the vicious destruction of forest land, particularly of lands the Na’vi found sacred. Quaritch and his people were displayed as the human military. They cut the queue of Tsu Te, which is his connection to most of his world. The attempt in Avatar to “buy” the Na’vi was paying them to mine the

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