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European Imperialism In Italy

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“I affirm that the fundamental, if not the absolutely essential datum for the political, and therefore the economical and moral power of nations is their ability to increase their population. Let us speak quite clearly. What are 40,000,000 Italians compared to 90,000,000 Germans and 200,000,000 Slavs? Let us town toward the West. What are 40,000,000 Italians compared to 40,000,000 Frenchmen plus 90,000,000 inhabitants of France’s colonies, or compared to 46,000,000 Englishmen plus 450,000,000 who live in England’s colonies? Gentlemen, if Italy is to amount to anything, it must enter into the second half of this century with a population of at least 60,000,000 inhabitants… If we decrease in numbers, gentlemen, we will never create an empire …show more content…

The British took provisional control over India by means of the British East Indian Company as early as 1763 at the cease of the 7 Year’s War, but even that was not the beginning of the true age of European Imperialization. The age of absolute European control over subservient nation-colonies began when the Sepoys (Indian soldiers) rebelled against the British in 1857. The cause of the rebellion is noteworthy. The soldiers were disquieted by the fact that the cartridges they were being forced to use by the British overseers included a type of grease that was produced from beef. Being forced to bite through the cartridges in order to load their weapons, this was a dietary offense to Hindus – but not Christians. This cultural difference should have been an early indicator of problems to come, but it was not heeded. The rebellion was put down, and the British government took total control of India, disposing of the former British East India …show more content…

Moreso was the ideology ruling Europe itself. One key idea was Social Darwinism – a proposition of Herbert Spencer that posited that some groups of humans were more advanced than others (whites more than blacks) and as such the whites were just in subjugating the blacks in a case of survival of the fittest. Another prominent motivation was the need for cheap labor and raw materials to keep the booming economy and production abroad afloat. All of which contribute to the ultimate goal of being a world superpower. Every nation in Europe wanted to be a superpower, and all of the respective nations recognized that this endeavor would require a massively powerful navy. Not only that, but it would require that the naval bases available be placed strategically, periodically, and regularly around the whole planet, as to provide a resting port for soldiers and a fueling station for ships. The undeniable lust for social prominence is recorded by the 19th Century German historian Heinrich von Treiscke when he says, “Every virile people has established colonial power. All great nations in the fullness of their strength have desired to set their mark upon barbarian lands and those who fail to participate in this great rivalry will play a pitiable role in time to

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Throughout the rule of the British in India, Europeans mainly controlled the government and police force, leaving the Indians with no voice and no protection. According to Dr. Lalvani, the British established an efficient administration over 500 million people. While this was beneficial to the British, the Indians had no control over the taxations and laws that affected them (Doc. #2). Since all of these laws and taxes were targeted to help the British, India’s freedom was stolen, as shown in the Rowlatt Act, a law that allowed the government to imprison people without trial.

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Basically stating, in order to maintain power, colonies must be created as quickly as England can. In the same talk, Ruskin believes that to “make your country again a royal throne of kings” and “for all the world to be a… center of peace,” colonies must be won. Simply put, to make England the place of power and a center of ‘peace,’ the countries in Africa must be controlled.

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India, one of the many colonies England controlled in the past was the “Jewel in the Crown” of the British Empire. Although in the beginning, it was controlled by the British East India Company as a source of cotton, tea, and indigo. The British had indirect control of India until the Sepoy Rebellion in 1857. Although Britain created India’s government and military, improved trade, protected land, claimed to improve education, and increased minority safety, however the government and military controlled and excluded Indians, trade only benefitted the British, statistics show education was better after Indian Independence, valuable land was degraded and minorities still felt fear and insecurity.

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The British first took control of India in 1759, when the “East India Company,” a British corporation, used their private military to take advantage of the declining government of India, the Mughal Dynasty. After this, they exploited it for its natural wealth and imposed regulations on India’s people that helped profits, particularly after the British government got involved personally. Finally, after decades of protest and conflict, India gained independence in 1947 due to the efforts of activists such as Mohandas Gandhi and their supporters. As supporters of imperialism would argue, during this Britain maintained structured control, provided trade, and protected Indian culture. However, they restricted freedoms, imposed poverty, and destroyed

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In Document G, several European opinions of colonized countries are shown, not including economic reasons. Amongst the excerpts provided, the common idea that the European or American peoples are superior and that more of their people should exist in these area around the world. This serves as evidence to the thesis in that the spreading of culture by converting native peoples or inhabiting new lands serves to increase the influence of a nation across the globe, which improves their standings in geopolitics. Document G comes from excerpts from William L. Langer’s book “The Diplomacy of Imperialism,” a textbook with the purpose of education, General James Rusling’s piece “Interview with President William McKinley,” which describes the true first hand accounts of the U.S. president of the time for the purpose of informing, and Cecil Rhode’s document “Confession of Faith,” which describes Cecil’s insight on the world at the time with the purpose to inform and describe reality. All of these factors contribute to the document’s credibility.

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Italy had a rough roller coaster ride from starting as a group of Nomads and travelers to becoming the largest empire in Western Europe. Italy’s origin comes from the Roman Empire who at the height of its peak was unable to control the entire empire from the Capital. The Roman Empire has multiple different religions that have come and go, the main religion in Italy is Roman Catholic. Italian politics constantly changed until the World War II Era with the execution of Mussolini. Italy is a peninsula shaped like a boot in the Mediterranean Sea, littered with large mountains and hills such as the Alps mountain range.

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It took more than 200 years for India to shake the oppressive rule of the British. Britain seized control of Indian territory until they controlled the whole sub-continent. At first india was treasured by the British more for its potential rather than its actual profit. Its 300 million people were also a large potential market for British made products. Although Britain created sound law against killing, economic opportunities and health related advancements they caused more harm than good.

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Europe’s imperialist approach carried deep-rooted social and cultural impacts. Europeans expanded and explored partially by cause of social beliefs. Writers such as Rudyard Kipling shared their position by declaring white people are morally responsible for educating and guiding the ignorant population of contrasting regions. These ideas in Europe changed their social view of the world and shifted the social dynamics within Europe (Doc 1). Imperialism additionally heavily affected Europe’s culture.

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Imperialism by definition is “the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries.” India had the largest impact from Imperialism brought upon by the British Imperialist movement that began in 1858. The British rule lasting nearly 90 years caused havoc on the Indian people and the government, although it temporarily improved the economic growth of the nation. According to document seven, “India became an agricultural colony of the industrial England.” There were many positive and negative impacts that came out of the long and unfair firm government laws.

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The first words of Maxine Kingston’s memoir: “You must not tell anyone” (1) indicates the thematic power of silence that permeates Kingston’s life. When she was young, her mother (Brave Orchid) cut the frenum of her tongue. Her mother claimed to do it because she did not want her daughter to be “tongue tied” (164), but her efforts did not seem to help Kingston who has a “terrible time talking” (165). At first, she did not recognize her silence as a problem. When she realized that she had to talk in school, “the silence became a misery” (166).

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With imperialism and the new control over countries there was a need to create a new economy that would benefit the European country. With their

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India was dominant towards the cotton textile industry trade, which motivated England to take the opportunity of forcibly removing all indigenous competition: “...the British who most fully took advantage of the collapse of the empire. Between 1757 and 1803, they took control of most of India except the Northwest. The result was that the East India Company now administered major sectors of the economy, and quickly reduced the role of the big Indian bankers by changes in taxes and methods of collecting them. ”(Mukherjee) By eliminating any further competition at their weakest moment, England lowered India’s economy and chances of industrializing.

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The first reason is Benito Mussolini, who just came to power and became the leader of Italy, decided to turn Italy into a new empire like Roman. The second reason is Italy had ambitions to conquer other countries like Ethiopia and Albania and also seize territories from France in retaliation

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In the second chapter of Ronald Takaki’s A Different Mirror, he begins to elaborate on the fundamental principles many settlers sought to possess: expansionism. “The whole earth is the Lord’s garden and he hath given it to the sons of men [to] increase and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it. Why then should we stand starving here for the place of habitation…and in the meantime suffer a whole continent as fruitful and convenient for the use of man to lie waste without any improvement”. In fact, these principles justified and empowered many imperialist countries to conquer lands of beneficial resources.

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The British first came to India not only because of the abundance of raw materials, but also the mass potential they seen. The British East India Company, took advantage of the collapsing Mughal Empire, and broke away from their control to flourished their company. In 1857 the Sepoy army rebelled and that caused the British to come in guns blazing and take over the country. The British rule demolished India through, taxation on anything made in India, and the exportation of raw materials, which caused a plentiful amount of famine,and throughout all of this, the British kept most on India uneducated, and those they did educate, most were forced to become interpreters for the benefits it would make in taking over India and keeping the British in control. Political Paragraph British imperialism had a negative effect on the politics of India because of the corrupt justice system, and the utter lack of respect that killed masses of innocent people.

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