It was motivated by a desire to find new resources and markets.
<em>New Imperialism </em>was a period of colonial expansion in the late 19th century. The European states set up colonies and trading posts in Africa and many carried missionary activities.
The main goal/purpose/motive for this expansion were:
<em>- the economic motive:</em> The Western states were looking for new raw materials for sale such as rubber, oil and tin. They also wanted to control the market in their new conquered territories.
- the political motive: there was a need to show military strength and dominance over other countries.
- the religious motive: the Western countries wanted to spread Christianity and promote education, hoping that they can help to abolish slavery in Africa. They also wanted to civilize primitive people.
- the exploration motive: the European states wanted to explore new territories to find new resources that benefited them.
Henry Grady is the managing editor of Atlanta Constitution; leading advocate of a "New South;" he also promoted industrial development with Atlanta as its center of growth. The original use of the term "New South" was an endeavor to label the growth of a South after the Civil War which would no longer be reliant on now-outlawed slave labor or primarily upon the raising of cotton, but rather a South which was also industrialized and part of a modern national economy. In other words, Henry Grady envisioned a south that would have a mixed economy as well as be industrialized rather than one based around single-crop plantations.
<span>Many Europeans wanted to explore lives outside of Europe because of contact with non-European civilizations, books such as the travels of John Mandeville, and many people wanted to trade with outside civilizations. Religious zeal was also a motive for exploration</span>
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