Eduqas GCSE English Literature · C720
Component 2
Revise: ContextThe late nineteenth-century phase called New Imperialism involved intensified competition for territory, resources and markets. Supporters could present conquest as a civilising mission, although imperial rule also depended on force and exploitation.
- Revise: Imperialism and colonisation
The intensified expansion of overseas empires in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, driven by rivalry, resources, markets and claims of a civilising mission.