Colonialism
Colonialism is “when one country rules another and develops trade with that country for its own benefit.” Colonialism had a huge impact on economies around the world until the late 20th century. The colonial period can be tied with Europe heavily. The Europeans wanted to create trade routes with East Asia. Many countries as well as Europe were trying to find trade routes with countries so they would be able to have more power. Europe was exploring sea routes to South Africa, India, Japan, and China. While Europe became very powerful and dominant over other countries so did Spain and Portugal. Meanwhile every country wanted the ultimate power over others so this created conflict and threatened wars. There were many impacts of colonialism that we can still see today. Colonialism did some good things for the world but mostly had negative effects. Nowadays we are in a society that promotes neo-colonialism. Instead of dominating a country using force, now the richer countries help out the poor ones in exchange for some power.
What is It?
Quiz Time!
Who was the first European explorer to discover Noth America?
a)Christopher Columbis
b) Leif Ericsson
c)King Charles
Before the age of colonialism people shared parts of the land and it was available to everyone but as soon as colonialism hit land was now owned privately, leaving many with no place to live and not able to support themselves. Also as soon as the European settlers came into countries they removed the people living on usable land and created plantations where farmers would work for almost no money. were not able to sustain their own crops.
People became more dependent on imported products such as food because the land once used to grow crops was now owned privately and farmers
The Impacts