'old' Imperialism through expansion: - correct answer Christian 'missionarism'
'old' imperialism through free trade: - correct answer maritime and mercantile
Mercantilism - correct answer An economic system of trade based on the idea that
a nation's wealth and therefore power were achieved by increasing exports and trade, by having control
of production.
'new' imperialism - correct answer An attempt to maintain control/grow empire
whilst looking towards more laissez faire economic policies, to become a 'great power'
What changed under 'new' imperialism - correct answer - A push for economic
growth through supply and demand
- Huge investments in infrastructure and production
- Industrial revolution in ships and guns
-Political modernisation in Europe. larger, more unified states with more revenue
Lenin: Imperialism as the Highest Stage of World Capitalism (1916) - correct answer
-Capital has fallen into an even smaller group of people
-Western markets were becoming too saturated to find investment in
-Capitalists: You need to grow in order to survive
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