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What is Imperialism? Imperialism is a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries. 5 reasons for Imperialism are: 1.The first reason for imperialism is "Political" 2.The second reason for imperialism in the United Kingdom was "Economical" 3. The third reason was "Religious" (to spread their religion the way they wanted freely) 4.The fourth reason is "Idealogical" 5.Last but not least the fifth reason for imperialism in the United Kingdom was "Exploratory"

[|United Kingdom Timeline] UK imperialism started in the 16th century and lasted into the 20th century. They ruled a quarter of the world's population by 1922.The United Kingdom had become the hotbed for industry and it started supplying a major chunk of manufactured consumer goods to countries such as Germany, France, Belgium and the United States. The United Kingdom gained the maximum benefits by being the only modern and industrial power in the world. The UK started manufacturing goods efficiently and cheaply and they could sell these goods cheaper than the locally manufactured goods in other countries. World history, starting from the first examples of state formation until our days, gives us a lot of vivid examples how imperialism affected people's lives and the fate of different nations and countries. This influence was seldom to better, in 99% imperialists' power radically changed people's lives and way of living, breaking their natural traditions, culture and economy. There have always been people wanting to use others' slave labor for earning power, gold and money, in more recent cases of imperialism. With the beginning of capitalist era, there have been a few factors that changed the appearance of imperialism, the major of them being technology and nationalism, in some cases racism.

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