Impacts of Imperialism on Economies, Politics and Societies

Running head: IMPERIALISM
Imperialism
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IMPERIALISM 2
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Acknowledgements
The people who helped me to come up with this paper are my friends. They assisted on
researching books and video tutorials which were helpful in writing quality solution.
Purpose of the paper.
The aim of this pare is bring out the historical impacts of imperialism practices y the world war
around the world.
What I got after writing the paper.
After writing this paper I learned that, imperialism did not only have negative effects but also
positive impacts around the world.
What pleased me when writing the paper.
The motivating issue while writing this topic was that the resources were readily available and I
could come up with the final paper quickly.
My worry.
My worry was that I was not understanding if there are still some parts of the globe experiencing
imperialism.
Question.
What are the economic, political and social effects of imperialism around the globe?

IMPERIALISM 3
How have imperialist practices of world powers impacted economies and or policies around
the globe?
Introduction
Imperialism is the act in which one country uses its powers to extend its policies,
practices, and dominion to a less powerful country according to Baylis, Smith & Owens, (2017).
When this act happens, the dominant country will enjoy the economic and political control of the
victim nations. The states which propagate imperialism are the world powers. The term world
powers refer to the nations which have strong economic, military, political and economic
stability; these countries use their level of confidence to extend their capabilities to the less
developed nations. Some of the great world powers include America, Germany, and France in
reference to Boyd-Barrett, (2016). However, the act of controlling other nations resources have a
severe effect on other nations both positive and negative. The impact includes political and
economic implications. In this assignment, it is going to elaborate on how the imperialists or
world powers act of controlling other nations economy and politics have affected the nations.
Economic effects of imperialism
When it comes to the economy, Stuenkel, (2017) argues that, Africa was the most
affected continent when the practice of colonialism began. Before the action of imperialism
started going around Africa, there was slave trade going on around the continent, whereby able
men were sold to other kingdoms to work in the plantations as women were forced to work as
king’s servants in reference to MacKenzie, (2017). Consequently, European nations sent their
adventures to the continent who reverted to their countries that Africa had a lot of resources to
explore. At that juncture, European organized their military to start practicing imperialism to