Negative+Effects+of+Imperialism

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__**Negative Effects **__

- African's and Asian's lost control of their land and their independence. - Many were introduced to new diseases like smallpox that killed many. - Famine was caused from the change to cash crops in place of agriculture. - African's and Asian's suffered from a breakdown of their traditional culture. - Authority figures were replaced. - African's and Asian's were put to work as cheap labor. - Men had to leave their village to find ways to provide for their family. - Religion was forced upon the African's. - African's and Asian's were taken advantage of and had their land taken away. - Racism. - African's and Asian's were exploited and were given no rights. - The Berlin Conference divided Africa and put many enemy tribes in the same colony. - Other tribes and groups were separated causing conflict.

The above picture shows Smallpox a disease many died from.

Google Images: New York State Department of Health Photography