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SOURCE: The push for expansion also came from missionaries who worked to convert the peoples of Asia,  Africa, and the Pacific Islands. Missionaries believed Christianity would end the “evil practices” of the  natives, including slavery. One of the first missionaries that left Europe to promote Christianity was the  explorer David Livingstone. Below, Livingstone describes his experience trying to convert a tribe of Africans to  Christianity in 1857.

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SOURCE: Economic factors were among the most important motivations for powerful countries to create  empires. The following is an excerpt from an appeal from Jules Ferry (a French statesman) to the French monarchy to build a second colonial empire in 1890.

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SOURCE: Imperialism brought European explorers into contact with new lands full of exotic plants and  animals they had never before seen, many of which served medicinal or scientific purposes. The British explorer  David Livingstone was the first European to travel through Africa. Below is an image of the map he created  during his travels, as well as his account of the uses of native plant life dating from 1857.

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SOURCE: Many Europeans held the racist ideology, or belief, that they were better than other peoples. They  believed it was their right and duty to bring “progress” and “civilization” to “primitive” countries. Below is a  political cartoon titled “the White Man’s Burden” published in Judge Magazine in 1899. It shows  personifications of Great Britain and the United States carrying baskets of Chinese, Africans, Arabs,  Filipinos, and other native peoples up a mountain towards “civilization.”

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SOURCE: The race for colonies also grew out of a strong sense of national pride. This was because of the rise  of Nationalism, the extreme loyalty and pride in your nation, that grew in Europe between 1815 and 1848.  Europeans came to view an empire as a measure of national greatness. Below are quotations from Cecil  Rhodes, a British man, and Jules Ferry, a Frenchman, explaining their views on Imperialism.