Ch. 18

Europeans were in the middle of an industrial revolution so they needed more raw material to produce more, also they were in need of more human resources. The Europeans were far more advanced technologically than basically any other region. They viewed other regions as weak which they believed justified their actions in colonizing them. Colonialism  by European powers had a massive effect on the native people. Many Natives died off and the native land was being taken control of. An example of colonization by a European country is when Britain was in India. Because of colonization there was a lot of mixing races, especially when there was not enough people to keep up the demand for labor. An example is in Africa Chinese migrant workers were brought over and also in California Asian migrants were needed for mining especially during the gold rush and  also for building railroads, that is why there is such a large Asian population in the west coast, more specifically the bay area.