Ch.18 p.879-912 + ch.18 documents

In chapter 18 the theme of this chapter is empire building and colonial exploration. The chapter focuses on the pros and cons of colonialism and imperialism. Industrialization gave Europe the means by which to dominate the entire world. Military power was through machine guns, navies, and armies was Gatling guns and breeching loading rifles. Commercial power was though trade was though trade agreements and concessions , banking and capitalization. Cultural power was through language( English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Russian), science, literature and European bureaucrats working the colonies. Modernization was admired by other people in the world, but Europe and the west only prepared to offer Westernization. In 1859 Charles Darwin published a book called the origin of species by chance and by means of natural selection and survival of the fittest. Later Charles Darwin concluded that all species have evolved from previous species by chance.