During the occupation of British in India, they made a lot of profits due to the abundant resources in India. After British left, a civil war broke out in India. This was a fight between the Hindus and Muslims of India which ultimately led to the creation of India and Pakistan as two separate countries. I believe the British Imperialism hurt India and its people. The British Imperialism hurt Indian and its people because the British using India’s resources and living off the profits that were gained from there.
Companies fought the government and the courts for the right to become incorporated and to reap its many benefits. Capitalism has adapted in order to continue making profits. Capitalism was the primary reason for the shift from Fordism to Post-Fordism, as Post-Fordism was a more efficient model of production meaning greater profits. Capitalism requires ever expanding markets and constantly evolving methods of production, lest it cease to exist (Marx & Engels, 1848). In order to achieve this a production revolution of sorts took place in many advanced economies, countries shifted from Fordism to Post-Fordism.
Its empire was the largest with the richest industries and strongest navy. The envious Germany soon built up its empire to challenge Britain’s position. Germany struggled and fought to gain more and more power. This fight to preserve their balance of power scared many other countries which helped led into the war. A major cause of WWII was the fact that both Germany and Japan felt that they did not have the amount of power that they deserved.
All these tensions in Europe between very powerful nations led up to WW1. Even though the Build up of alliances and arms was a tremendous factor in the start of ww1 creating a state of total war. The most important underlying cause of WW1 was imperialism. The Triple Entente had the largest amount of colonies, which meant more military support and a larger budget to spend on their military forces
This would have caused Britain some concern, especially because the leader over Britain was cousins with the Kaiser, this would have brought extra tension between them as they both wanted their country to be the best. In some ways the tension between the Kaiser and Britain is quite childish. We have seen this earlier on in the Dreadnoughts; naval arms race. This was where the two countries had been competing over who could build/have the most dreadnoughts. This meant that there had probably been competition between them from a young age and the Kaiser had always felt he had to beat his cousin in whatever he did.
The British colonized India to look for the spices, gold and silver but when they saw that Indians were fighting among themselves they eventually took control over India. The Indians then saw that the Britishers came to India for wealth but they are taking control of their land. The Britishers stole Indian things and became very rich. They asked Indians to give their land to them but Indians didn't agree with that and tried their best to get independent and free. One of the reasons as to why the British were able to conquer India was that they were already advanced in technology and they had more superior weapons and means of communication.
Main Causes of World War I Historians generally cite four long-term causes of the First World War: militarism, the formation of a system of alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. So, throughout the 19th century, politics in the Western world were deeply influenced by the concept of nationalism—a devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation. This often led to competitive and antagonistic rivalries among nations, leaving an atmosphere of competition amongst the world (many feared Germany’s growing power in Europe). In addition, various ethnic groups resented domination by others and longed for their nations to become independent. Furthermore, for many centuries, European nations had been building empires, slowly extending their economic and political control over various peoples of the world and practicing imperialism.
This meant more power for their empire. This is why Britain backed France as they didn’t want Germany to gain land as they could potentially get more land and a bigger empire than Britain. In the long term this caused problems between Britain and Germany because they was both power hungry and the thought of another country having a bigger empire or navy made them angry. Wilhelm tested the Entente Cordiale again in 1911 when he demanded compensation
Another cause of World War One is imperialism. Imperialism is the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or religion. Imperialism divided European nations. In 1905, and 1911, competition for colonies made France and Germany come very close to war. Back to the Germany and Great Britain rivalry, Britain was scared of the fast economic growth of
This helped Britain gain such a large Empire because by fighting and winning these wars they gained more of the land and more power over the people, it gives them more money and riches and they show themselves as the dominant country. They were able to then go and gain the other sections of India. Another way Britain gained such a large Empire was through trade. For example when the EIC (East Indian Company) started to trade in India they made money for the army and Britain as a whole, they also gained the trust of the people by trading fairly, and they got well paid in crates of spices, calico, gems and silk by the princes and Maharajas of India when the British helped them fight their battles. This helped Britain gain such a large Empire because by trading they got money and power so that they could send out exploration ships and armies to go to other countries and take it.