Answer: nationalism (pride and prestige) national security/border protection military bases & source of troops
What were the political causes of imperialism?

Imperialism is a policy or ideology of extending the rule over peoples and other countries for extending political and economic access power and control often through employing hard power especially military force but also soft power. While related to the concepts of colonialism and empire imperialism is a distinct concept that can apply to other forms of expansion and many forms of government. Expansionism and centralisation have existed throughout recorded history by states with the earliest exa…

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New Imperialism gave rise to new social views of colonialism. Rudyard Kipling for instance urged the United States to "Take up the White Man's burden" of bringing European civilization to the other peoples of the world regardless of whether these "other peoples" wanted this civilization or not. This part of The White Man's Burden exemplif...


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