The Positives and Negatives to Imperialism

There were positive and negatives effects to imperialism. One positive effect was the establishment of better transportation throughout countries such as the Suez Canal, railroads, and roads. Another positive was the advancement in science with such ideas as the Germ Theory which helped saved lives and brought better sanitation throughout the world. A last positive effect is trade from the foreign concurred lands such as spices from Asia.

The negative effects of imperialism are harsh on the countries that were concurred by Eurpoean nations.
Imperialism led to violence and revolts and even wars against the parent countries. Imperialism called for the concurred countries to basically give up their rights, culture and ways of life to harvest the raw materials for the parent countries. Also Imperialism weakend the state of the ruled countries economy due to only being able to trade and make what their parent countries needed.