Imperialism

The motivation for European countries to conquer other countries were the economic benefits that the other countries could provide such as raw materials, as well as the opportunity to enrich these people about god and his beliefs. The last main reason was the glory of being the first to visit a new place as well as other countries not being able to take advantage of the country if they already controlled it. An example of glory was Africa which was divided up between the European countries after they realized it offered many advantages including its large supply of gold.

The methods the Europeans used to conquer other countries were using their innovations that were more effective then old methods like spears compared to guns which gave them a advantage even though they didn’t have as many people. They also used medical understanding of diseases and their cures to help people.

The changes that occurred after countries were conquered were largely the same; the main changes were religion which was seen in India with Hindu and the Middle East with Muslim. The other main changes were that there was less food for the people and in India they even starved in situations. The good changes were that better schooling systems were created as well as the introduction of technology which boosted their economy which was largely run by Europeans after invasion.