British Imperialism In Britain

The policy of British Imperialism was never really intended to educate and liberate people. In most cases, colonization attempts had the aim of optimizing strategic location economic partners, and political dominance. The British showed that their way of imperialism was meant to increase economy and gain strategic locations when they colonized Africa and Australia. However, for India, it wasn’t colonized but made a protectorate instead; for the aim of civilizing the lesser people. So, why did Britain choose to make Africa and Australia colonies, but India a protectorate? Because India had something that Britain didn’t, abundant wealth and trade which Britain couldn’t wait to get its hands on.

India was a wealthy country with a booming economy,

From the 1870’s to 1900’s, Britain had one of the largest and most powerful armies in the world. With that sort of potential, it would’ve been a mistake not to colonize Africa. Taking control of the tip of Africa was extremely strategic of Britain, as from there they could control the trading routes and begin settling for future invasions and in the end, colonization. Also, the new Capitalist society forming because of Britain’s industrial revolution developed social problems many obvious social problems. The gap between the rich and the poor was larger than ever, and homelessness was on the rise as cities became extremely dense and overpopulated. Britain didn’t want this surplus population to go to waste, so the colonization of Africa was a good excuse to export these people so that they could help in taking over Africa. Overall, the reason for Britain’s colonization campaign for Africa was to show superiority to other nations, for natural recourses, and oversight on African trades. It’s clear that they were driven by economic and strategic

As it was a remote landmass with a harsh environment, scorching deserts and dangerous wildlife, it wasn’t the most desirable place to colonize. To Britain, Australia was just another plot of new land to take over. Fighting with other European countries for superiority, Britain was on the prowl for new land to control and show off, and Australia was one of the many places that were colonized for this reason and for strategic remote positioning. The Australian native peoples were a docile hunter-gatherer society, who in the eyes of the British, were extremely inferior. There was no infrastructure to take over and no abundance of fertile land that was used for farming, so Britain, for the most part, left the natives as they