Impacts of Colonialism?

Question

What are some of the lasting of effects of colonialism in the world today? How have ethnic, political, and religious identities been altered by colonialism? What is the difference between colonialism and imperialism? What effects do they have on cultural and ethnic diversity?

Answer 1

Imperialism has resulted in the exploitations of the resources of the natives and their countries. We see that because of colonialism that tensions build up between ethnic groups. For example the tension between the Kayin and the Bumar ethnic groups in Burma has resulted in the British occupation of that area. Religion are often force to change as we see in the conquest of Latin America by the Spaniards. Colonialism is the conquering of a certain land, Imperialism in the conquest of multiple land that had sovereignty before hand. In the America's Colonialism resulted in the eradication of many natural ethnic groups while in the old world tensions between ethnic groups arises from colonialism.