Imperialism

Imperialism was the popular thing in the late 1800s. Every big nation seemed to be grabbing their slice of Africa. Before Africa there was the Americas. Spain and Portugal dominated South and Central America, while Britain and France took their piece in North America. Reasons for these countries to do this was always to increase their empires, increase their wealth, but they also said they would civilize the current inhabitants. Many of the native people would end up fighting back and with good reason. People in the old world believed anybody who didn't live like they did, or didn't have the technology they did was uncivil. They couldn't have been further from the truth. In most cases the native people were happy the way they were. In some cases it also caused war and continous conflicts amongst the new and the old. Imperialism may have ended up benefiting all, but it could have just as easliy hurt all the new places that were colonized