imperialism

Imperialism or the idea of a nation extending their rule to a foregin country so they can benefit from the products made, natural resources or religious ideas. One of the nations who adopted the idea of new imerpialism was Britin. During the late 1830's Britin had control over china. Britin decided what products were wshipped there and what came out. One of the products brought their was an addictive drug called opium. The chineese people blamed england for the many deaths that opium brought, leading into the opium war which lasted until 1842. Although imperialism brought hardship to the people that were being controlled britin believed they were the ones with a burden. They explained how the other countries were getting the benfits such as better religion, government and all around a better and more civilized way of life.