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Imperialism is one nation attempting to control another people because they want more land, power and control for their country.
Imperialism is one nation exerting political control over another people in order to gain political and economic power. Between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, European powers colonized all of the Americas, most of Africa and large parts of Asia. The Muslim Empire, which covered the Middle East and parts of Africa and Europe, existed from the seventh to the tenth centuries. In both European and Islamic imperialism, religion and the desire to convert local populations to Christianity or Islam was an important motivating factor in imperial desires, along with economic and political motivations; hence, the term "God, gold and glory" has often been used to describe imperialist motivations.
Empires typically follow four patterns in their imperialism:
1. Establish [[colonies]], like the British colonies in America, whereby the European power had direct influence or control over the colonies.
1. Establish [[colonies]], like the British colonies in America, whereby the European power had direct influence or control over the colonies. Colonies can be settler colonies, which involve the displacement of local populations and resettling the land with people from the colonial country (as was the case in British North America, Kenya and Rhodesia) or the management of the country by a relatively small number of people without the migration of settlers, as was the case in India. Also, non-settler colonies could be ruled in the French model of direct rule over the colonized, or the British indirect rule model, where local groups were co-opted to deal with local populations.
2. Establish [[protectorates]], whereby the region has its own government and is an independent country, but is protected by a larger country. Puerto Rico and Guam today would be an example of that, as they are protected by the United States.
2. Establish [[protectorates]], whereby the region has its own government and is an independent country, but is protected by a larger country. Puerto Rico and Guam today would be an example of that, as they are protected by the United States.