Essays on Imperialism

The movie “Avatar” written and directed by James Cameron is a remarkable movie that describes the impact imperialism has on innocent citizens. This movie is very similar to the imperialism that occurred in Africa during the 1870s. Both these cruel events show the audience how...

 Could you imagine a world where people are herded like cattle, branded, and then used for selfless, personal, gain? In addition, could you fathom those same less fortunate and subjugated people, not having the ability to fight back, despite their best intentions. In the brief...

The power of words should not be underestimated. Throughout history, there have been numerous accounts of motivation brought upon masses by moving and colorful speeches. From warlords who gave motivational pep-talks right before the battle began, speeches that boiled the blood of soldiers and made...

Rome was an imperialist nation. Their desires for world domination were a big part of their foundation. Foundation is the central desires, tenets, and practices of the state of Rome. The prophecies surrounding their world domination during the building of the Temple of Jupiter illuminate...

The Roman Republic was successful because of aqueducts and 12 table laws. The Roman Republic was the first to build aqueducts. Aqueducts are a construction built to transport water to cities from the longest of distances. This help and made the Roman Republic successful because...

Imperialism is when a nation extends its rule over foreign nations. In India, imperialism had started around 1509. The Indians had been imperialized by Portugal before the British took over. Over a hundred years later, around 1612, the British had imperialized. They had wanted to...

“Eight to ten million soldiers will swallow each other up and in doing so eat all Europe more bare then any swarm of locusts… extending over the whole continent; famine, sickness,… Only one result is absolutely certain: general exhaustion and the establishment of the conditions...

Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson were all U.S Presidents who happened to be Presidents of the United States sequentially. The policies in terms of the economy and foreign relations were similar in some areas, and completely differed in others. In terms of the economy of the...

A quote by Author Eckhart Tolle says, “Power over others is weakness disguised as strength” (Eckhart). This quote surely describes the defeat of the French forces against the Vietnamese communists during the first Indochina War. In the year 1946 to 1954, a major conflict in...

The Age of Imperialism took place during the mid to late 1800s and into the early 1900s in Africa. Imperialism is when one country takes control of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country. Europeans took over almost all of Africa at this...