Imperialism

Imperialism is like a double edged sword, there are several ways it helped the world and several ways it hurt the world. One way imperialism helped the world is that it took a weaker territory and made it stronger. One example of this is Europe controlling Africa. While Africans fought to stay independent from the Europeans, the truth is they didn't have enough technology, and they were not unified strong enough to be their own independent territory. They also didn't have the weapons that Europe did, the Maxim gun for example was the first automatica machine gun, the Europeans had it and the Africans did not. Another way imperialism benefited the world is because it gave the larger countries a sense of nationalism. The Europeans knew they were more advanced than other countries which made them feel stronger thus enhancing their patriotism. Lastly, imperialism helped the world by allowing countries to expand. For example, Europe taking over Africa enabled it to gain more territory. One way that imperialism hurt the world is that it promoted racism. Because the Europeans were so advanced and believed they were superior to others and could control them, they were racist against other people. Secondly, imperialism was bad for the world because it caused fatalities. Since smaller countries were being taken over they did not go silently, they faught back. But because of their smal size they could not compete and suffered many deaths. Lastly, imperialism stripped people of their freedom. Although Africa was small, they were still free and were living where they wanted, being controlled by who they wanted. When Europeans came in and took over, Africans lost their right of freedom and sense of safeness.