Effects of Imperialism

In South Africa there were numerous events that occurred due to the imperialism. First off, there were many advances in agriculture and mining, because of the imperialism. The mining industry grew enormously, because of the vast amount of gold and diamonds in South Africa. Because of this growth in the industry new way had to be invented to do things in a faster manner. Also, because of the Imperialism the Europeans thought of themselves as superior people. The Europeans thought this, because they had better technology, weapons, and could take over the African colonies they were a better and more dominant race. Many Europeans and Africans also died, because of the spread of foreign diseases. The South Africans were affected by diseases like Influenza, Small pox, malaria, mumps, trachoma, etc. They had never faced diseases like this before.