New Age Imperialism

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In England during the mid-18th century a major war took place. The industrial revolution forced many places around the globe to modernize and also westernize. As a result there where many changes such as innovative technology, mass food and textile production, growth of cities and much more. A major change that will forever affect the world is New Age Imperialism. Europe gained many territories due to the advancements in technology. The four main causes of New Age Imperialism were political, economic, religious/humanitarian interests and also social Darwinism. Although they were both forced to modernize in similar ways, they were still very different. During new age imperialism china and japan were controlled by Britain to change in order to improve the advance their ways of life. Although they were both forced to change. One country was more willing than another. They are differentiated in many ways. For example china was very hesitant and not willing to adapt to modern ways at first. During imperialism, china remained loyal to their many traditional values. The Chinese disliked western ideas because it interfered with Confucianism. The Chinese believed that it would be best for them if they stayed with their language and religious beliefs. They also did not believe in the new technology because it went against their beliefs. Most of china’s wealth came from land so people saw no reason to expand its industries. China thought they were the best and did not want to change, they believed that it was unnecessary. The Boxer Rebellion came in. This was a rebellion that China had against the Western Imperialism that was very unsuccessful. Japan had a smarter way of approaching this situation. They decided that they were going to adopt, adapt and adept to western imperialism. Japan becomes empire builders by strengthening their economic and military strengths. Japan
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