Western Settler Societies
—Causes of
Western expansion
—new markets for processed goods
—created commercial agriculture in other regions
—satisfy need for raw materials, agricultural products
—Communication/transportation facilitated
expansion
—Nationalistic rivalries
—Businesspeople sought new chances for profit
—Missionaries sought chances for profit
—Massive European emigration
—Success of
expansion
—Steamships brings
technology inland
—Improved weaponry –
artillery and machine gun
