Why did Europe take over Asia?

As the primary motivation for the first phase was the mere accumulation of wealth, the reasons for and degree of European interference during the second phase are dictated by geo-strategic rivalries, the need to defend and grow spheres of interest, competition for commercial outlets, long term control of resources and …

Why did Europe want to colonize the world?

Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.

What would happen if Philippines was never colonized?

What would have happened if we were not colonized at all? Obviously, there would be no Philippines and no Filipinos (as a people we would be called by another name). As Palatino said, “if it hadn’t occupied the islands, the Philippine nation state wouldn’t have existed.”

How much of the world was colonized by the Europeans?

Although Europe represents only about 8 percent of the planet’s landmass, from 1492 to 1914, Europeans conquered or colonized more than 80 percent of the entire world. Being dominated for centuries has led to lingering inequality and long-lasting effects in many formerly colonized countries, including poverty and slow economic growth.

What countries successfully staved off European domination in Asia?

Japan and Korea successfully staved off European domination, in part due to their strength and diplomacy, their isolationist policies, and perhaps their distance. Thailand was spared when the British and French Empires decided to let it remained independent as a buffer between British-controlled Burma and French Indochina.

How much do you know about colonialism?

Here, to give you a small sense of European colonialism’s massive scale, is a map showing every country put under partial or total European control during the colonial era, which ran roughly from the 1500s to the 1960s. Only five countries, in orange, were spared:

How did Europe become so wealthy compared to other countries?

For example, that Europe became industrialized more quickly and therefore became wealthier than the rest of the world. Or, that when Europeans began to travel the world, people in other countries did not have the immunity to fight off the diseases they brought with them. How is your theory different?