Europe one of the most well-known area in our history. They have been a part of almost every aspect of history that we have learned about. The question is what are the roles that were played in creating Europeans Empire? The roles that were played in creating Europeans Empire of the mid to late 19th and 20th century were industrialization, religion, and war, there were a lot of factors that went with and went against in this creation. Industrialization a time that we’ve learned that involved the creation of machinery for cotton and steam engines. It is known to have begun in eighteenth- century with the creation of turning cotton into cloth by (Origins 98). It was important because to have these machines it would be more efficient than people …show more content…
It actually wasn’t healthy to live in these areas because chemicals were going into drinking water“ (Text 578) There was disease that was spreading and other problems like no sewer, collection of garage and running water in 1850 (Text 578). For Europeans the big thing was India textiles. Europeans wanted silk, porcelain from Asia and tea from China. They mostly wanted cotton textiles from India (Origins 99). But India also had another advantage when it came to Europe. India’s agriculture was lower than Europe because they were growing so much (Origins 99). For Britain they actually had an advantage in industrialization due to The Seven Years’ War. In this war the British no longer would be importing instead they would be manufacturing textiles because of their win over India and the Americas. They also banned India textiles to allow there textiles to become more powerful. (Origins 102). Copying Indian textiles wasn’t that easy. They had a hard time with dyeing techniques and it ended up costing more (Origins …show more content…
That was a good thing because Europe got to work with another strong empire. In India they had an idea about nationalism in India. In cultural nationalism they has a country they knew everyone was different but stood together due to their culture. The thing that they believed and Europe didn’t was they knew that Indians were colonial subjects according to the text (Text 696). They believed if they brought back old traditions then everyone would know their identity (Text
The expansion of Western Europe started with the Iberian phase. Spain and Portugal, the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula, had a short-lived yet important role in European expansion. European expansion then turned to Western Europe. Western Europe consists of the Dutch, French, and British. While Western Europe was exploring new worlds overseas, the Russians were expanding westward across all of Eurasia.
With the Industrial Revolution in full swing, Europe was looking to bolster its trade markets abroad. Thinking of it this way: in order to sell more goods, you need more places to sell them. So, with this thinking in mind, the Europeans said to themselves, 'What better place than Africa and Asia?' Along the same lines, colonies on these continents were seen as great places to get cheap, raw materials for Europe's factories. Add to this that Europe needed a place to house and employ their surplus population, and you can see why New Imperialism held the promise of economic growth.
By the 1750s the industrial revolution had begun and there were many advancements directed at cotton weaving as a result of limited technology. Because of this limited technology people were slow in inventing other types of machines. This of was a time of drastic change and transformation from the use of mere hand tools to using powerful machines. A problem with these revolutionary machines was the amount of pollution that was produced, such as CO2, and the faulty methods in which these pollution problems were dealt with. Industrial power, military power, and political power were changing dramatically from that of the pre-industrial ages. New classes formed to make the political system more intricate than anyone had ever seen before. Industrial power was becoming more technologically advanced which lead to large amounts of materials produced by industry. Advancements in military tactics and weaponry also paved the way for battles between countries to become world powers.
He meant that economically open doors for countries throughout Europe to stimulate their economy. Describe the different global economies that Europeans participated in or created during the European age of expansion. A global economy was made solely reliant on produce of its province; gaining free labor from slaves also shipment bringing in byproduct colonies. This encouraged growth for Europe to extend their boarder and riches. One of the most striking features of Indian societies at the time of the encounter with Europeans was their diversity. Support this statement with several examples. Examples of this can be irrigation, roadway systems, the pyramids, and the diversity of different languages in different cities. Compare and contrast European values and ways of life with those of the Indians. Consider addressing religion, views about ownership of land, gender relations, and notions of freedom. The Indians believed that if they lived on property then it is theirs but if it is not inhabited then it is free where as Europeans believe that wealth comes from land ownership and fortune. Indian women won homes and tools and European women do not. What were the main factors fueling the European age of expansion? The main factors for expansion were resource, new route to India resource and pillaging. Compare the different economic and
The factory system was the key to the industrial revolution. The factory system was a combination of Humans and new technology. New technology was arriving every day. The greatest invention during this time was the steam engine. The creation of the steam engine was credited to James Watt. There had been other steam engines before James Watt’s but none of them were efficient. Watt’s engine was the first efficient engine that could be used in a factory. The steam engine had the strength of ten thousand men.(Pollard) This was not the only invention that helped the factory system evolve. Textiles were a major product of the Industrial Revolution. Production was slow at first in the factory. In 1764, a British inventor named James Hargraves invented the “Spinning Jenny.” This lowered production time which enabled the factory to produce more per day. In 1773, John Kay, an English inventor, created the “flying shuttle” which lowered the production time even more.(Encarta) If production had not been speed up, the Industrial Revolution would have not had that big of effect as it did in North America.
During the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution gave certain countries in Western Europe a big boost of economic power. France, Britain, Italy, and Germany emerged as industrialized powers, with high population and high production. During a time when Social Darwinism was popular, it was only natural that these nations compete with each other for survival. The most important motivation for Europeans to colonize during the 19th and 20th centuries was to strengthen their own countries in order to compete with the other European powers.
The Europeans also needed power so that they could control other countries. In order to earn control over other countries, the European countries had first to protect their resources so that they could grow economically and become superior.
middle of paper ... ... These three are a great answer to how was the process of industrialization and subsequent urbanization that began in England in the 18th Century a problem, progress, AND promise? After reading this Historical Analysis, I hope you have learned why the Water Frame, Steam Engine and the Sewing Machine were great inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Works Cited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVomz8TXrqE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVomz8TXrqE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFo_FnozIM8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML8CMNzW6Tg
The Industrial Revolution refers to the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the mid 1700s. Before the Industrial Revolution, people made items by hand. Soon machines did the jobs that people didn’t want to do. This is a more efficient way of making goods. During the industrial revolution, political, economic, and social forces led to a period of upheaval for the French during the eighteenth century.
Industrial Revolution, which took place over much of the nineteenth century, had many advantages. It provided people with tools for a better life; people were no longer dependent on the land for all of their goods. The Industrial Revolution made it possible for people to control nature more than they ever had before. However, now people were dependent on the new machines of the Industrial Age (1). The Revolution brought with it radical changes in the textile and engine worlds; it was a time of reason and innovations. Although it was a time of progress, there were drawbacks to the headway made in the Industrial Revolution. Granted, it provided solutions to the problems of a world without industry. However, it also created problems with its mechanized inventions that provided new ways of killing. Ironically, there was much public faith in these innovations; however, these were the same inventions that killed so many and contributed to a massive loss of faith. These new inventions made their debut in the first world war (2) ).
Europe has been one of the leading powers for many centuries now. Roots of western civilization can be traced back in Europe to the times after the Age of Religious warfare, and the events that took place during this time helped create the modern world. . After the devastation of the 30 Years War, the Treaty of Westphalia was signed and introduced policies such as religious toleration, separation of church and state, more than one major branch of Christianity, and grounds for the rise of the modern state system. The signing of this treaty helped build a platform on which modern Europe was built.
Britain, specifically England, was a politically stable society at the time and became the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution for a number of other reasons. They had merchants who already had the capital for investing in the means of production and producing factories, they held more colonies than any other nation (some already rich in their own textile industries), they had the key raw materials needed for production, and there was a large number of readily available workers (Zmolek
The revolution of the 18th and 19th century saw an immense transformation in science, technology and our economy, hence, the transformation from a Neolithic economy to an industrial economy. The revolution impacted on the social-economic in terms of the industrial research and development. Before the revolution labour was manly manual force however, the first revolution saw the materlisation of machines. For examples, the introduction of steam engines provided powered energy used in replacement of manual labour, therefore ...
European nations were affected by the emergence of industrialization and nationalism, and urged to discover the unfamiliar lands of Asia, Africa, South Africa, and Southeast Asia during the nineteenth century. Due to the outcomes, there was immense change that affected the political, social, and economical foundations of the colonizing nations as well as those being colonized. Nevertheless, The United States was disinclined with accepting the continuation of the enormous British Empire, postwar. Thus then came the end to imperialism, and the start of decolonization in 1947, with the initiation of India claiming its independence. Despite the attempt by England and France to revolt, the US and USSR’s hostility enforced them to accept their defeat, which ultimately signified the last imperial trace to movements of nationalism.
The European continent was a continent that has been recognized as the continent where most war has occurred during the 19th century. According to Oceña J. (2003), the European has experienced the second world catastrophe, World War II, which then resulted in the idea of the European integration and reorder. There were three main reasons behind the idea of European integration. First, the European aware of their own darkness in which they are afraid that another war will start. Meanwhile, the US and Soviet Union gained so much power after the war and the European are afraid of sudden invasion from the two countries. Second, the European continents was used as the battlefield during the two world wars, particularly between France and Germany, therefore the two countries must comprise as well as other European states. Third, many Europeans desire peace, prosperity and developed international relations between states (Oceña J., 2003). After many forms of p...