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New Imperialism Quote Analysis

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This quote is talking about the age of New Imperialism. The quote talks about a very important issue because there are many legacies of imperialism that many countries are still dealing with today. The quotes point of view is that European rule had its good and bad sides. The person that is saying this quote is probably a Indian that was under British control during the British Raj period during 1858-1947, and because many Indians call British rule the “Knife of Sugar”. The things that the British did in India shaped this person's perspective. Some might say that European rule was great, some may agree with the quote and some may say that European rule was horrible. But I disagree with this quote, I believe that European rule is just a knife, …show more content…

European rule creates conflict between people and causes death. Before the Scramble for Africa, the country Rwanda had 2 groups on Indigenous people, the Hutus and the Tutsis, these 2 groups coexisted with each other,but after the Europeans came, everything changed. The first country in control of Rwanda was Germany, giving the Tutsis key positions in the colony because they looked more European because they were taller and had a sharper nose. In 1918, the end of World War I, Germany gave this colony to Belgium. The Belgians decided to continue giving the Tutsis key positions, and even making them wear cards to identify who was Tutsis, who was Hutus. This led to ethnocentrism issues between the Tutsis and the Hutus. After World War II, colonization was not as popular as it once was, and it rapidly declined throughout the world, leading many colonies to seek independence. Belgium left in 1962, which lead to a civil war, and the Hutus formed a majority government. The true horror began in April 6, 1994, When Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana was killed, and the Hutus blamed the Tutsis, and then began the Rwandan Genocide. During July 19, 1994, an estimated …show more content…

During the Scramble for Africa in the 1800s, King Leopold II of Belgium claimed the two countries the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which were previously one country. King Leopold made the Indigenous people of the Congo work on rubber tree farms because rubber was a major export at the time due to the invention of the automobile and the rubber tire. Whoever resisted would have their hands, feet, ears cut off. Adding on, many people were starved and died of diseases. If you could not get enough rubber, then you would have to pay with your hand. From 1885 to 1908, an estimated that the indigenous population decreased by about ten million people, but some say the population was reduced by half. Finally during 1908, after being pressured by other nations, King Leopold gave control of the Congo back to the Belgian government. This shows that Europeans are selfish and make people suffer. This supports my position because their selfishness leads to the suffering of many indigenous peoples. Europeans grew cash crops, but these cash crop led to food shortages, this shows how selfish the Europeans were, and the Belgian Congo also shows how selfish they were for their own personal gain. This relates to the source because this is the “knife” in the “knife of sugar”. This could be one of the incidences that shaped the perspective of the person saying the quote. The fact that Europeans were selfish which lead to the

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