The Europeans took advantage of these conditions and established their power over many colonies. ... To ensure high profits, more political control was extended over these continents by European countries to plunder the colonies. ... Soon, having colonies also became a symbol of national sovereignty and wealth. A lot of prestige and power was attached to the number of 'colonies' a country possessed. ... Old imperialism was less intrusive in terms of politics and capitalized on trade and religion only. ...

• Word Count: 1994
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thereafter there was the intrusion of English law and language in Africa, upsetting African societies. ... This entailed missionaries communicating to imperialists information as to how to maintain control over these colonies. ... Spreading religion was the farthest priority for Europeans, there was nothing to gain from Christianity. The gain was in the lands of the native people and the only way to seize the land and exploit the natural resources of this land was through religion. ...

• Word Count: 897
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Not only did the colonial state provide a simpler way of understanding identity, the colonial state provided religion and schooling systems in order to conduct the behavior of the colonized subjects. ... In the light of this, African customs, religion, language, heritage and way of life was discouraged. ... " 4 It is clear to see the Colonial thinking of superiority and dominance in the name of religion. ... Racist Ideas In the past, the English had equated blackness with death and evil with their interactions of diseases and biblical writings. ... Evidence which was illustrated prev...

• Word Count: 2491
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Would you agree that African culture survived more strongly in the Caribbean colonies than in North America? In 1562 John Hawkins, the first English slave-trader arrived in Africa with a fleet of three ships. ... RELIGION: Obeah viewed by whites" as a superstition was a form of slave religion a powerful facet of African culture transplanted to America. ... Like America, slave religion in the Caribbean shared a great deal of the same features. ... From 1750 and onwards the "Great Awakening" saw the Evangelical noncomformist movement sweep through the Cheaspeake and the Carolinas, importan...

• Word Count: 2095
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate