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| Proclaiming annexation of New Guinea, 1884 |
Three things I learned:
European nations encountered a renewed interest in territorial acquisitions during the late nineteenth century.
Japan responded to Western expansion by becoming an imperialist power itself.
Colonies were not significantly beneficial to their mother country’s economies before 1914.
Two things I found interesting:
The vast continent of Africa was split up and claimed by European nations very quickly.
Nearly all of the new empires in this era were dismantled in less than a century.
One question I have:
What were the reasons that countries such as Italy were not competitors in the race for land?