Part 1- question 5 by jeffrey

I don’t think Imperialism is inevitable; well at least 100% of the time. Sometimes you just had bad luck and can’t defend yourself. In other cases, you rise up to the occasion and fight for your freedom. That inspiration can be the factor that helps you win. However, in Africa the people there weren’t really united as a whole. They were scattered all over the place and would occasionally fight each other. This made it easier for another country to imperialize them. I personally think that everyone should have equal power and rights because I’m more of a capitalist guy than a communist. Though, I don’t think that to have more power over someone you have to imperialize a weaker country. Throughout history there have been examples of a resolution to this. One example is the Berlin Conference. The purpose of this conference was to distribute power, wealth and land equally in Africa. Too many Europeans were starting wars for land during the “Scramble for Africa”, so all the European leaders came together in this conference and agreed to a certain portion of Africa. In another time were Europe itself was fighting for land in their own continent due to the actions of Napoleon. He had conquered almost all of Europe and something had to be done about it. So, the Congress of Vienna happened in which European borders were restored back to order and a promise was made to not fight with each other.