Probably the best example of Imperialism in action was the British conquest of India or the Raj as it came to be known. It arose from the work of the British East India Company with only occasional assistance from the British Government. ... The Indian culture and religion was one of great complexity which it had already been firmly established before the British came to India. ... It is clear therefore that much of the conflict in India was a result of cultural and moral misunderstandings. ... Although it is clear that Britain was trying to resist India's independence, it is questionable...

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As Britain try to imperialize Africa and India, they lost control of their land and their culture and customs were destroyed when traditional figures were replaced. ... The East India Company came to an end and India was immediately put under British rule. ... African and Indian culture and economy were damaged when Britain was trying to imperialize these colonies. ... The British changed the way they were living which changed their culture and customs. Culture may have been negatively affected in and India, however, the British also introducer modern technology that helped these colonies. ...

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In the 21st century continuous modernization and development are seen as critical to world progress, India's recently elected Prime Mister Narendra Modi stated that his governments vision for India focused on development1. ... This move towards modern civilization had harmed and impaired the people of India, which he believed to be detrimental to Indian culture. He saw it as a way of the British being able to keep control of India. ... While concentrating solely on India as a nation, Gandhi believed that transformation to an industry and machine based economy, increased the poverty in In...

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For example, Great Britain controlled the salt trade in India and if you wanted salt you had to pay the British government. ... Overall, African cultures were destroyed and replaced by the "more advanced" European cultures. ... African culture was greatly disorientated because of imperialism, and replaced with the culture of the Western Europeans. ...

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To repossess their culture and society, the indigenous people must use violence to reoccupy and recognize their land. ... He began to construct an appreciation of African culture values to compensate for European supremacy that quickly swept across African colonies. ... He called for the break away of French culture, including the French language and French identify so as to dissolve conceptions of black inferiority. ... He disagreed with violence as a means to achieve economic prosperity-the intention of the colonizers in India and instead chose to use passive resistance. ... By utilizing ...

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One of their chief methods they used to implement this goal was through the Roman Catholic Church, an important aspect of culture in the colonists' homeland of Portugal (1, 2). ... Whilst some in high places and positions of authority such as the Kandyan prince Vijaya Pala may have accepted Portuguese customs and traditions by adopting them as their own (3), the majority of the civilian population resisted Western religion and culture. ... Astonished at the magnitude of their enterprises, and the glory of their discoveries and conquests in India, the rapidity and success of which secured ...

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Whereas, India had social issues such as famine and Latin America did not have the land capacity for the colonial powers to invest. ... It can be seen that the main Holy Grail was to change the identity of Africans and by slowly assimilating Africans into European culture; a common example to illustrate this is the changing of African names to Christian ones. ... Those who were able to learn and open their minds through reading textbooks and learning new skills, had to distance themselves from their own identity and culture, this meant that a lot of young people were alienated from their own c...

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