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    Colonialism refers to the domination of one people over another through subjugation and the permanent settlement and political allegiance to the colonizing country. While colonialism involves direct control through settlement, imperialism exercises power through both direct and indirect control. The key driving forces of colonialism included technological advancement, religious ideology from the Crusades, the need for economic surplus, and the Industrial Revolution. The main motivations were economic profits, religious motives like missionary movements, and establishing military outposts and naval bases.

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    Colonialism

    Why is it important to learn colonial history?


    Meaning
    The practice of domination; often by the subjugation of one people

    over another

    Root: "colonus"- Farmer

    Transfer of population in a new territory

    Permanent settlement

    Political allegiance to the country of origin


    Meaning
    Difference between colonialism and imperialism

    Imperialism (Root: Imperium, meaning: "to command")

    The way one country exercises power

    Settlement, sovereignty or indirect mechanisms of control


    Driving forces

    Technological advancement

    Crusades- formation of a

    religious ideology for conquests

    The need for surplus (aka

    Greed)

    Industrial Revolution
    Motivations
    Economic motives: Surplus capital/ Profits
    Religious motives: "cleansing the world", missonary
    movements. The church acting as "religious arms" of the
    European powers
    Military motives: Outposts, naval bases at strategic
    locations

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