Imperialism refers to the practice of European powers annexing territory and establishing colonies in Africa and Asia.
The Hittites were one of the major powers of the ancient Near East and, as such, had to focus on military success, which they did through their invention of iron weapons and innovation with chariots.
The greatest threat to the wealthy elites was the fear of their mass amounts indentured servants rebelling. (the servants still had their full rights as English men, so the wealthy had trouble keeping them in line). in order to prevent another rebellion, the elites began to shift over to African slavery, because slaves are less educated and don't have any rights.
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...Charged very high prices to move farm products to market
The farmers felt the railroads had monopoly power over them. The farmers essentially had no choice but to send their crops to market on trains. There was not much, if any, competition on most short-line tracks that went through farm areas. Therefore, most farmers had to simply accept whatever price railroads charged to transport crops. Farmers felt the railroads could gouge them by charging high prices and that they, the farmers, had no recourse when this happened. They blamed much of their trouble on this monopoly power.
