It was so important to other nations because England is the main leader of Europe, it is the most well known!
The Monroe Doctrine warned the European Nations not to interfere with the Western Hemisphere. The document, drawn up by Monroe himself, said that the U.S. was going to "watch" over the Latin American nations so that the European nations did not try to take them over.
Colonies were important in the mercantile economic systems because they were markets in which to buy products from the home country.
there was food needed there.
So the Indians had food.
Colonies provided raw materials.
Colonies provided raw materials.
Colonies provided raw materials.
Colonies were so important to European nations b/c of trade possibilities. Also colonies supplied the raw materials that the ruling countries needed to produce goods in their factories back home. Also some colonies were important markets for manufactured goods.
It was so important to other nations because England is the main leader of Europe, it is the most well known!
The majority of nations that were colonized were done so by European Nations. The UK and France stand out as the two countries that had colonized a huge portion of the developing world.
Colonies were a source of power for a country. The general belief was the more land you controlled, the more powerful your nation seemed. Colonies also were a source of materials, from resources (coal, oil, metals, etc.) to labor.
Europeans wanted colonies to gather riches through spices, natural resources, gold, and land. They wanted to expand their empire.
This practice of having colonies was called Imperialism and there were several reasons for it. This was durinbg the time of industrialization, when nations were building factories and mass-producing things. Colonies were a way to get cheap natural resources and cheap labor. They also created new markets for selling the things that the factories produced. More than just an econimic issue, colonies were a badge of status. The more colonies a nation had, the more powerful it was. It was basically a competition between the nations.
Because at the time European nations were so powerful they were able to do whatever they wanted.
They wanted independence before WWII, but after the war, many European powers were weak and flooded in debt. African colonies used this to their advantage and many broke free from foreign control.
The Monroe Doctrine warned the European Nations not to interfere with the Western Hemisphere. The document, drawn up by Monroe himself, said that the U.S. was going to "watch" over the Latin American nations so that the European nations did not try to take them over.