ets for our growing manufacturers, we must have new outlets for the investment of our surplus capital and for the energies of an adventurous surplus of our population: such expansion is a necessity of life to a nation with our great and growing powers of production" (Hobson, John. Imperialism. London: Allen and Unwin, 1948. p. 35). A point was made that overseas colonies could serve as sources of raw materials that were not available in Europe and were necessary for industrialization.
             Europeans explained that Africa and Asia were far behind in the main abilities of manufacture and trade, and imperialism would help them adapt to these new technologies. Westerners claimed that imperialism was important for political and military reasons to maintain strategic locations in other areas. Westerners explained that it would benefit Africa and Asia to conform to western politics in order to be in touch with the rest of the world as well as gain protection from the greater powers.
             Another justification of imperialism that the Westerners gave was the cultural aspect. Advocates of imperialism sent missionaries to African and Asian lands to convert the people to Christianity. Europeans accounted that by bringing their traditions and Christianity to Africa and Asia it would help bring those people out of their savage state. The benefits that imperialism would bring to the economy, politics, and culture aroused much support in Europe, however the so-called "savage people" did not return this support.
             In the book, Traditions and Encounters, it explains that "the policies adopted by imperial powers and colonial officials forced peoples of different societies to deal with one another on a regular and systematic basis. Their interactions often led to violent conflicts between colonizers and subject peoples." (Bentley, p. 869). Many of the effects of imperialism exploited the African and Asian peop
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