Social Benefits Of Western Imperialism

Western imperialism dominated in many places such as Africa, Asia, and the Americas which all lacked industrialization, whereas the Europeans had already industrialized. The Europeans and Americans dominated their subjects who were used to produce many resources the colonial rulers needed. There were many social, economic, and political benefits and hardships created by colonization and decolonization. First, imperialism in the Americas, Africa, and Asia resulted in a few social benefits. An example of this was in India. The British, who controlled India, brought over many ideas which helped unify India. Unifying India means to help all Indians communicate with each other easily and to bring Indians together, which would help lead towards

Nations which needed to cut down on large populations looked towards women for an answer. The governments gave women new rights such as control over childbirth and access to education. These rights made women content and happy because they were getting closer to a life long dream which was equality to men. That is all that was needed by women to make them happier. Women also did not organize any revolts against the government because they were at peace with the new rights they had. Essentially, Women were satisfied while at the same time, the government profited from increasing the rights given to women. With more rights, women agreed to the government’s ideas of limiting population size, thus, satisfying both the women and the

To begin with, African forced labor was a negative, social effect onto many of the colonized people. Many Africans had to go through forced labor, which was greatly disliked by many and also resulted in many deaths. While stuck in forced labor, the laborers were not able to support their own families. This resulted in starvation for many families because the men and women who cultivated the land, producing food, ended up performing another task required by the government. Essentially, forced labor is when a person needs to spend a specific amount of time throughout a year, for example, helping to build any structures for the government. Forced labor can also be something as simple as collecting raw resources. Examples of forced labor can be to help build railroads or collecting rubber. In addition, in a few cases, punishments for not meeting requirements set by colonial rulers caused many Africans of all ages to have limbs cut off. If a man who works in the field every day was not able to use his hands, he would not have been able to cultivate any crops. Thus, causing him and his family to have less food. As a result of forced labor, families were not able to produce food because time was taken up with forced labor, or they were not able to cultivate their land because of the punishments associated with forced