They could direct commerce in ways that helped them also compel Africans to wage wars that might otherwise not have been waged. ... The belief was strong among the first missionaries [who] wanted to protect the new believers at any cost from contact with the, in their eyes, godless Spanish colonists." ... After the discovery of Americas, The emperor of Spain, King Charles V declared Indians as subjects of Spain due the belief that they were innocent children of God. ... Although slavery founded the roots of today's free trade and basis for industrial enhancements, it cost a lot; suffer,...

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Old imperialists generally steered clear of territorial claims and major players during this time were the Dutch, Portuguese and the Spanish. ... The Portuguese and Spanish were fervent Roman Catholics, eager to spread their faith to the indigenous natives. ... Europeans imperialists found it more profitable and advantageous to conquer the colonies rather than to trade since raw materials were free and they can offset the administrative and maintenance cost of owning territories by collecting tributes and protection money. ... The availability of cheap 1(Deepti, M. 2001) labor helped Eu...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Initially Leopold had looked to the east in his efforts to gain colonies, but his attempt to gain the Philippines from Spain did not prove fruitful. ... At the international conference in Paris Leopold drew many ideas and tactic that he would use to set up the Belgian Free State. ... They recognised Leopold as the sovereign of the Congo Free State. ... Civilisation not as an abstract concept but as a reality represented by free trade, postal union and the abolishment of the slave trade. ... Despite the decrees of the Berlin Act no attempt was made to help the Cong...

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Shortly after Columbus discovered America, in the early 1500s, Spain invaded what is now South America and attacked the Incas, Mayas and Aztecs who had civilized and developed cultures. ... How anyone could argue these people do not need help after seeing the numbers is unbelievable. ... Dambisa Moyo (a Zambian-born author and economist) said " 'A constant stream of 'free' money is the perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power'" (de Rugy). ... However, if we go in with intentions to help and not to expand or exploit, that is an entirel...

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Prince Henry the Navigator Prince Henry the Navigator seldom left Portugal, but he helped make it possible for the first Europeans to explore Africa. ... Prince Henry helped unlock the secrets of Africa. ... Just a few years earlier, Queen Isabella of Spain hired a sailor from Genoa to reach India by sailing west. ... Liberia Liberia is a West Africa nation originally founded by freed slaves from the American South between 1820 and 1865. ... Tolbert, was the grandson of freed American slaves. ...

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• Grade Level: High School