Monday, February 8, 2010

Negative Effects of the New Imperialism

Some negative effects of the New Imperialism are not everyone agreed with it. Like the Africans resisted it. Some groups who resisted were the Algerians, Samori Toure, Zulus, Asante, and Shona. The successful resistance was by Ethiopia. The ruler Menelik II modernized Ethiopia and when Italy tried to invade he was prepared and shut them down. Not everyone was successful in shutting them down. A lot of African culture was loss because of the breaking up of tribes and religious groups. Africans were also poorly treated. Europeans divided African land among themselves and bye, bye African culture. Another negative was the decrease in food supply. The population was growing so rapidly that there was a strain on food supply. In the 1800s famines swept India. The negative effect of New Imperialism is carving out nations without regard to tribal boundaries. When imperialism ended, border disputes arose and still continue to this day.

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