... into Africa, he began campaigning in the favor of British imperial expansion into Africa and Asia (Traditions and Encounters, 936). Britain's explanation for moving into these areas, imposing imperial rule, and essentially attempting to eclipse whatever the people of these areas once knew with European laws or values, was mostly in the name of seeking natural resources (Traditions and Encounters, 941). Really, I think it was that, but it was more along the lines of cutting out the middleman so that profits could be maximized for the individual as well as Britain. This kind of greed mixed with an attitude of superiority is never a justifiable reason to barge in to another country and start calling the shots (or trying to anyway). However, control equals power and power leads to money, so in the search for money Great Britain tried (and did a pretty good job) to take control of ...

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