Question+10

The expansion of th eBritish Empire in the last half of the nineteenth century was driven by three distinct forces: corporations who wished to exploit the resources of newly opened territories, idealistic missionary groups who wanted to civilize and Christianize the native populations, and the Royal Navy, the most powerful navy in the world. How did these three forces interact, who went first, and how did this result in situations like that of Kurtz?

Most of the time, the Royal Navy would come over to the country first and take them over. Then, the power hungry corporations would try to exploit these new territories. After, the idealistic missionaries would come and attempt to Christianize them. Because these countries would have been recently taken over by another country, these corporations would be met with much resistance but they had no one to keep them accountable so the company could do what they want. Also, after being taken advantage of, many would greet the missionaries with contempt. In cases like Kurtz, however, they would begin to look up to with powerful white man and realize that he was stronger. They began to worship Kurtz because they looked up to him and he could take advantage of them because he had no one to keep him accountable. - eh