With regards to whether imperialism was a fair excuse for the Industrial Revolution, the answer is that <u>it was not. </u>
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<h3>What was the relationship between imperialism and the Industrial Revolution?</h3>
Raw materials were needed to produce more goods and so colonies were acquired to get these goods cheaply.
New markets were needed to sell the goods produced as well.
Both of these are not good enough excuses for imperialism because these nations could have engaged in fair and mutually beneficial trade that would have led to both the colonized nations, and themselves, developing.
