What is colonialism? Class 8

What is colonialism? Class 8

What is colonialism? (Page 83) Class 8

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Colonialism is the practice where one country takes control of region, establishing settlements there and imposing its political. cultural and economic systems. Though it existed since ancient empires, the term 'Age of Colonialism' usually refers to European expansion from the 15th century onwards.

Colonialism often involved military conquest. economic exploitation, destruction of traditional ways of life and imposition of foreign values. Colonisers claimed they brought 'progress', but in reality, they caused widespread suffering. resource loss and cultural damage to colonised societies.