Relier Pairs Imperialism, war...IVersion en ligne Imperialism, war, revolution par Gehistart Artgeo 1 Britain had a maritime empire so it tried to rule areas along the main sea routes 2 Western customs spread among indigenous 3 Population grew during the industrial revolution 4 Competition among the great powers to colonise new territories. 5 Converting native population to Christianity was used to justify imperialism 6 Westward expansion 7 Between 1867 and 1914, it converted from a feudal country with agrarian economy to an industrialised and westernised country. 8 States in the South were in favour of slavery. In the north, slavery had already been abolitionist. 9 In some parts, the inhabitants did not have immunity to the diseases brought by the coloniser 10 European countries looked for areas in which they could invest capital for a greater profit, obtain cheap raw materials and sell their industrial products. 11 Westerners believed the white race was a superior Meiji Era Political factors Economic factors Migration United States United States (Civil War) Acculturation Demographic impact Ideological factors Political factors (territories) Religious factors