Decribe the four motives of the new imperialists

Five Motives for Imperialism. Various motives prompt empires to seek to expand their rule over other countries or territories. These include economic, exploratory, ethnocentric, political, and religious motives.

1. Economic - manufacturers wanted access to natural resources such as rubber, petroleum and palm oil. Also hoped for new markets to sell their goods.

2. Political and Military - linked to economic motives. Needed bases around the world to move resources. Nationalism drove countries to try to get the most land to compete with other nations. 3. Religious - felt a concern for their "little brothers", believed they had a duty to protect them and spread Western civilization

4. Social Darwinism - Europeans believed they were racially superior to all others and domination of the weaker races was nature's way of improving the human species.