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British impeding on the Indian sovereignty!! Take over sparked by British need for cotton!! British use violence to take over!!

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The British decided to take over India!! to get raw materials to manufacturer in to goods!!! violently forced Indians to work at gun point!!

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After the Belgian King Leopold II declared the DRC as his property, he beat/killed people and split up multiple communities just for money.

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it's a real tragedy what happened in the DRC (. The belgium colonized them in 1908 they came to and forced slavery and kill if they say no.

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The French colonized Vietnam from ~1880-1954. The stolen land was made into rice plants & ppl were forced into labor. #civilizationfrancais

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Europe recognized King Leopolds claims at the conference in 1885. Leopold's focused on money. in 1901 alone 6000 tons of rubber was removed.

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France first became interested in conquering Indochina with the intent of converting them to catholic and enriching w/ their rice coffee etc

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What is the historical context for European imperialism in your country?.  -Makenna

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What is the historical context for European imperialism in your country?.  -Makenna

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In the 19th century, The rich French would like to dehumanize the poor helpless Vietnamese people.

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The French conquered Indochina the French fought in wars between factions the French conquered land sold goods and spread religion

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Up all night thinking about how in the 1800s France colonized Vietnam forcing them into slavery To think it was all for trade advantage, smh

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Paul encouraged the use of opium which had hitherto been confirmed to a small part of china's population.

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Belgium in the 19th century took over and punished the Africans in Congo brutally by raping and murdering them for not collecting Resources

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from 1870 - 1885 king leopold ll used immense force to concore the congo. He would hold woman hostage and force labor on men. he wanted 🤑.

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Europeans forced the Africans to do work like collect ivory and rubber or grow crops like cotton coffee & tea for export & punished harshly.

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King Leopold II owned the DRC, he colonized Congo using force, he enslaved the Congolese & used brutal force against them to enrich himself.