Blog #12

            Imperialism in Europe was so popular in the nineteenth century because of the growth in nationalism. Europeans thought themselves superior and this mind set can be seen in the 20^th century as well. In the  twentieth century during WW11 most of major dictatorships arose from Europe and these European countries were very racist and thought themselves as superior and even tried to extinguish those who were thought inferior. In this case some European countries were creating democratic states and other countries were creating empires. In the first wave of conquests, Europe concentrated in conquering the Americas and in the second wave Europe concentrated in conquering Asia and Africa. European countries have always been greedy countries always looking for land to conquer. Europeans are also greedy when it comes to money and profits. They can never have enough of anything. European countries are abusive to the vulnerability of other counties and that is what they did in second wave of European Conquests. However, European conquests were not going to left without consequences. Europeans would burn, shoot, and mistreat the people in their conquered lands. People soon started to rebel against European rule.