Question

How do you think the colonized people felt? Why? Give at least two reasons.

Answer 1

• As European and American imperialism continued around the world, non-western indegenous people of the lands being colonized would either fight the intruders or resign to modernizing their societies to western culture. Those who chose to fight were met with extremely violent military responses. Some resistances were successful, others were not.
• To curb European imperialism in the Americas, the U.S. issued the Monroe Doctrine. The stated goal was to help protect Latin America from European control. However, it actually led to the U.S. exerting its own control of Latin America without conflict from European powers. Beliefs in white supremacy led to the idea that it was the duty of the US to spread democracy. America began to exert a strong influence across the globe.