What is colonialism?

1.	What is colonialism?
Answer» Meaning of colonialism : It indicates a dominating system in which a foreign society imposes social changes on another country forcibly or by political victory. It is associated with such a particular industrial capitalism in which financial right along with capital flows another country is controlled by the colonising country. In the form of regional capitalism system, it expresses the international division of labour. The beginning of the colonial age took place due to the expansion of European countries in the countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and in the other parts of the world.

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Meaning of colonialism :

It indicates a dominating system in which a foreign society imposes social changes on another country forcibly or by political victory. It is associated with such a particular industrial capitalism in which financial right along with capital flows another country is controlled by the colonising country. In the form of regional capitalism system, it expresses the international division of labour.

The beginning of the colonial age took place due to the expansion of European countries in the countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and in the other parts of the world.

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