Colonization and expansion of the European countries during this time to 1815 was termed old imperialism. ... The availability of cheap 1(Deepti, M. 2001) labor helped European countries to construct railways and waterways. ... A lot of prestige and power was attached to the number of 'colonies' a country possessed. ... Imperialism promoted racism and social Darwinism whereby the imperialist countries believe themselves to be of superior race to their colonized countries. ... Hence, unlike in new imperialism, there were less impact on the imperial country and colony during old i...

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