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To seek and to expand their rule over other countries or territories. These include economic, exploratory, ethnocentric, political, and religious motives

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- Needed bases around the world
- National Security

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- Industrial Revolution
- Manufactures needs of natural resources
- New markets of consumers

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The domination by one country of the political, economic, or culture life of another country

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Westerners began to manipulate local rivalries and use modern technology and armies to colonize most of Southeast Asia.

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Burma fought back against British influence, but was still annexed by Britain in 1886. Britain wanted the natural resources to enrich their economy.Great Britain explored these areas and sent missionaries to open the way for political development

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They invaded in 1858 to stop everything. Over the next decades, France to the surrounding territory which included all of the Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.France explored these areas and sent missionaries to open the way for political development

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The Suez canal opened in 1860 and made the Philippines more open for trade with Europe. The United States had begun growing/investing in sugar cane crops on the Hawaiian Islands. The United States explored these areas and sent missionaries to open the way for political development