Imperialism is political, social or economical one country that rules an alien country. During the 1800's, European Countries and the United States started imperialism in Asia and Africa. In 1841, Dr. Livingston started exploring the African Interior, which produced promising information of the land and rivers. Explorations of gold and diamonds in Africa by Rhodes spurred excitement in the Western Countries. Two European nations had already had colonies in East Asia in 1800, which were Spain and the Netherlands. The western nations wanted imperialism in Africa and Asia because of new economic movements such as raw materials and new markets to export their goods, and they wanted to spread their religion in the these new territories.
             In the year 1819, Great Britain founded a new colony called Singapore. This colony became a major stopping point for trade between China and Europe. This new colony was similar to the colonies set up by Portugal in the 1400's in Africa.
             After their new Colony Singapore, Great Britain started to expand their East Asia colonies for economic reasons. They received the right to trade with the king of Burma. Later, Great Britain received territorial rights to Burma when the Burma monarchy collapsed. Meanwhile in East Asia, France had set up missionaries in Vietnam and was alarmed by the growing of British Colonies in East Asia. France then established a French protectorate of Vietnam and later Cambodia, Annam, Tonkin, and Laos were also protectorates of France. These colonies helped established new markets for France to trade with. The only major country in East Asia left to colonize was Thailand but Thailand's kings were too strong for Great Britain or France to take over. An opium war was had started in 1842 between Great Britain and China over the sale of Opium by China to Great Britain citizens. Great Britain won the war and Great Britain established Hong Kong, which was a flourishing port wit...