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European countries were motivated by natural resources and trade found in abundance in Asian and African nations, such as rubber, ivory, gold, spices etc.

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Britain didn't want other European countries to dominate the world by colonies, so they did it

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Wanted to spread religious beliefs to other countries and bring new religions into European countries. Christian missionaries were sent to Africa and other places to convert the people to Christianity.

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European countries wanted to find a market for their products and exports like weapons.

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Imperialism is fundamentally based on racist ideas like that the "white race" is superior. This leads to Europeans justifying their atrocities by saying they were helpin others be civilized.

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There was a desire to be on top so rather then letting other counties best them they took charge regarding things like colonization

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christian's sent missionaries to africa to spread their religion.

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There was an Idea that only the top and most advanced countries owned colonies.

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European countries were eager to find other places that would be able to trade with them such as certain counties in Africa that traded their resources like Ivory and rubber.

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europeans thought they had to "civilize" nonwhite people to improve their conditions

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Britain saw colonization as a race with other large countries and wanted to be on top of the game

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European countries need new places to get recourses such as ivory and rubber, so they expanded to new places such as the congo

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in 1914 the majority of Africa and Asia were being ruled by Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, and the Netherlands

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Many European countries took part in New Imperialism because of Africa's natural resources such as rubber and diamond.

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Each country wanted to be dominant power over other countries, including trades

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There was rubber in Africa, which was very important for industrialized European nations because it is used for electricity.

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Some European countries wanted to spread their religion across the globe. Germany for example, wanted to spread christianity in Africa by putting the people to work to 'get them closer to god'

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Catholic missionaries were sent to try to convert native peoples.

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catholic missionaries started to happen in Africa

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European countries were motivated by a cultural push to educate, industrialize, and westernize other countries. This was used to justify horrific actions done in places like the Congo Free State, where Belgium passed their actions of as a scientific and humanitarian expansion.

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Christian missionaries wanted to spread religion through out the world.

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Religion was the case for multiple conquerings of land and trade. as an example, attemptions to convert natives.

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Europeans believed it was their responsibility to civilize people in Africa and Asia

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idea of victor of fittest, conquest of "inferior" was just

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by imperializing in africa, europeans were able to access new resources such as ivory and rubber.

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"white man's burden" --> they wanted to colonize and civilize nonwhite peoples.

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India=spices and opium