How Did Germany Colonize

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Andre Turner Political Science 204 Professor Fralick October 19, 2015 German Colonization The German colonization movement was short lived and lasted from 1840-1906. Germany colonized in South America, the island of Samoa in the Western Pacific, as well as Africa. Colonization was based off of two principles, the first was emigration to other countries due to social issues that plagued Germany and the other was economic based and was designed to get more raw goods into Germany so that their industries can convert them into goods which then can be used at home and sold abroad. Even though Germany did not officially become a country until 1871, the earliest attempts to colonize in