Answer: missionary (spread Christianity) social Darwinism; spread cultural values - racism/cultural superiority; white man's burden
What were the social causes of imperialism?

Social imperialism also called imperial socialism and socio-imperialism is the political ideology of people parties or nations that are "socialist in words imperialist in deeds". In academic use it refers to governments that engage in imperialism meant to preserve the domestic social peace.

As a political term social imperialism is the political ideology of people parties or nations that are according to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin "socialist in words imperialist in deeds". The term "social imperialism" is a Marxist expression typically used in a derogatory fashion. The phrase was first used in Marxist circles during the early 20th century discussions on the position of the internati…

As a political term social imperialism is the political ideology of people parties or nations that are according to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin "socialist in words imperialist in deeds". The term "social imperialism" is a Marxist expression typically used in a derogatory fashion. The phrase was first used in Marxist circles during the early 20th century discussions on the position of the international workers' movement towards the impending European war and particularly in regard to the Social Democratic Party of Germany . In this context it is very similar to but not interchangeable with the terms social chauvinism and social patriotism . In the later decades the most significant use of the phrase has been in the Maoist critique of the Soviet Union . Mao Zedong argued that the Soviet Union had itself become an imperialist power while maintaining a socialist façade. Albanian leader and Chinese ally Enver Hoxha agreed with Mao in this analysis before later using the expression to also condemn Mao's Three Worlds Theory in the Sino-Albanian split .

England England's imperialist ambitions can be seen as early as the 16th century as the Tudor conquest of Ireland began in the 1530s. In 1599 the British East India Companywas established and was chartered by Queen Elizabeth in the following year. With the establishment of trading posts in India the British were able to maintain strength relative to other empires such as the Portuguese who already had set up trading post…

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