Identify and explain the importance of the 13th colonies? How were they similar and different?

Each colony was founded under different circumstances. Many were established after escaping religious persecution in Europe. Some were plainly in search of new opportunities and better living standards.

The colonies were alike in that they all had close ties to England. They were mainly inhabited by English-speaking people. The Middle colonies and New England had few slaves, while the southern colonies had africans as much of the population.

Explanation:

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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it was justfied as english were being brutal to the colonist and they needed to be stopped therfor causing a war but the moral over that is yes it was justifed