How did imperialism and colonialism change, from the nineteenth to the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries? How did this affect the struggles of people who were “colonized” to gain more freedom and self-determination? In light of the changes in both the tools used by imperialists and the ways that history now understands anti-colonial struggles, what does the history we covered this semester suggest about the present and the future?

How did imperialism and colonialism change, from the nineteenth to the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries? How did this affect the struggles of people who were “colonized” to gain more freedom and self-determination? In light of the changes in both the tools used by imperialists and the ways that history now understands anti-colonial struggles, what does the history we covered this semester suggest about the present and the future?

I’d like a five-paragraph essay that introduces the topic you’re going to discuss in the first paragraph and makes a thesis statement; then supports your thesis with evidence from our readings and discussions in the body, and then concludes with a “so what?” statement at the end.

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