Imperialism is when a country increases their power and wealth by taking over countries that did not have the ability to stop them. This type of contingency happened all across Asia and Africa. European countries would go into countries within Africa and Asia, taking them over and utilizing their resources and the raw material these countries provided. European countries exploited countries of lower statures for years, even before the war began. “From 1875 to 1902 Europeans seized up to ninety percent of the African continent” (Coles, P. 596). Due to the fact that all of Europe had been using the concept of imperialism to better their country, confrontation was already prevalent because every country wanted all the raw material they could gain for themselves. When the word the a world war was beginning got out, the countries that partook in imperialism had no problem fighting against each other because they already had this underlying tension between each
Imperialism is when a country increases their power and wealth by taking over countries that did not have the ability to stop them. This type of contingency happened all across Asia and Africa. European countries would go into countries within Africa and Asia, taking them over and utilizing their resources and the raw material these countries provided. European countries exploited countries of lower statures for years, even before the war began. “From 1875 to 1902 Europeans seized up to ninety percent of the African continent” (Coles, P. 596). Due to the fact that all of Europe had been using the concept of imperialism to better their country, confrontation was already prevalent because every country wanted all the raw material they could gain for themselves. When the word the a world war was beginning got out, the countries that partook in imperialism had no problem fighting against each other because they already had this underlying tension between each