Causes: Industrial Revolution, Higher demand for natural resources, Napoleon, Social Darwinism, Ethnocentrism, Nationalism, Competition between European nations, geopolitics, demand for land because of increased population, technological superiority of Europeans. Who’s Involved: Europeans, Industrialization begins in England, Africa, US (North America), -> mercantilism, factory owners, Why in this time period (1800’s early to mid) : Europe needed more goods for industrialization to make more money, nationalism prompts European countries to want more power, European nations feel superior to “lesser” nations, needed workers, resources and land to produce industrial goods.

Causes: Industrial Revolution, Higher demand for natural resources, Napoleon, Social Darwinism, Ethnocentrism, Nationalism, Competition between European nations, geopolitics, demand for land because of increased population, technological superiority of Europeans. Who’s Involved: Europeans, Industrialization begins in England, Africa, US (North America), -> mercantilism, factory owners, Why in this time period (1800’s early to mid) : Europe needed more goods for industrialization to make more money, nationalism prompts European countries to want more power, European nations feel superior to “lesser” nations, needed workers, resources and land to produce industrial goods.

Causes (of imperialism): Industrial Revolution, need for raw material, nationalism, urbanization, ethnocentrism, revolutions in the americas, agrarian revolution, need for political power, french revolution, advancements in technology, absolutism and age of enlightenment, need for workers, land, resources. Who’s Involved: Britain, western Europe, Africa, India, France, Middle East, Americas, S.E. Asia, Europeans, Christians Why in this time period: European demands for goods and resources, Industrial revolution = technology, European belief that they are superior, European needed to expand territory, competition between European countries, the idea that lesser developed countries needed European advancements.