Imperialism helped the world by spreading new innovations and inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Also, it gave a better understanding of culture and history of the places that were being colonized. Another good thing about imperialism is that it taught the native people a modern way of living, for example Ethiopia being self-sufficient with a new industrialized outlook and became powerful in Africa.
Although Imperialism helped a lot, it was not all good. The imperialistic countries did experience new cultures, but they also tried to strip the native countries of their history and way of life. Also the native colonies were forced to follow under the rule of the county that overtook them, they no longer had a say as to what would happen in the government. Another reason why imperialism hurt the world is that the colonies had to work for them, for example India had to grow crops in order to be traded therefore they could not grow crops to sustain their own families which cause famines.
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