CHAPTER 20

This chapter spoke about the European movement throughout history and was really quite interesting. It was said that between 1750 and 1900, there was a second round of European conquests. This time, it was centered in Asia and Africa rather than in the West. There were more countries involved as well, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the US, Japan, and then the Spanish and Portuguese had small roles. Europeans, it was said, had to fight to create their new empires. African and people of Asia incorporated very well into one another in the European empires. 

There were so many wars that were peaceful among the "Great Powers" during this time to see who would get what and there was lots of military action. People under European Rule had many complaints. It is said that the transition was a very "traumatic" experience for many. Small scaled societies suffered the most. In the textbook, it said that European colonies were some of the latest in a long line of imperial societies to be built. This chapter opened my eyes more to really how difficult the transition was for people to be under European rule, something I had never realized before.