From the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, Western nations including;
             Germany, Great Britian, France, and Italy, enrolled in a remarkably fierce period of
             imperial expansion. From the sixteenth to the eighteen centuries, there has been a on
             going fight for control over the new world. There are a several factors that contributed to
             the crave colonial expansion. One very imporant factor was the need to spread economic
             influence. Also, other countries believe that this was their nation's last chance to gain
             any control and enlarge and of their empires. It was almost like a national competition
             among countries to see who could aquire the most territories because if they didn't then
             someone else would. Lastly, was the need to sway public opinion. Before the late
             eighteenth century, the opinion of the public was rarely considered, but when it came to
             colonial expansion, everyone is affected...positively or negatively.
             According to Friedrich Fabri's Bedarf Deutschland der Kolonien in 1879, the
             German nation is more than capable of expanding it's colonies and pave the way of a new
             course. He believes that Germany is financially and economically inclined, intensely
             appropriate for being a cultivated country, and could provide plentiful number of workers
             to do so. He feels it will be beneficial to the economic situation and to the entire national
             development for that matter. Fabri also states that Germany has such a political and
             historical power and he feels that new nations are made bitter amongst eachother and he
             appeals to the public by letting the German people think that by colonizing, this will bring
             the nations and the people together as one and this could create a "liberating effect"
             The letter form John G. Paton to James Service Urging British Possession of the
             New Hebrides in 1883, also states his opinion to why the British should expand to ...