Imperialism What exactly is Imperialism? Imperialism is the policy or action by which one country owns another country or territory. Most such control is achieved by military means to gain economic and political advantages. Such an action is also called "expansionism". An expansionist state that obtains overseas territories follows a policy known as colonialism. Imperialism was based off of colonialism. An imperialist government wishes to obtain new markets, and new sources for new materials. Britan …showed first 75 words of 619 total…

…showed last 75 words of 619 total…back, but they proved their point. This however, along with some of the things that they did in the occupation, led to Japan-China relations becoming tense. Both Japan and Briton got what they wanted ( resources, military and social power ). Imperialism is but a temporary solution to they problem that imperialistic countries have, however. This led to Britons crash in their worldwide power when the countries under their rule rebelled, and led to Japans economic shortfall