Did imperialism improve the lives of those who were colonized?

No, the main reason for which british came in india was use the indian economy for the use of it's own benefit . The movement of the British into Indian lands caused a mix of European culture and language. the british made their unwanted interesting in indian subject like social , tradition , economics and indian talents of craftsmen and weavers and different artist .

WHAT IS IMPERIALISM NOW ?

Imperialism is a system in which a country extends its control or rule over another country often after defeating it in a war or using military influences .

British even used their powers given to them in a wrong way . like the daskha . etc

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.

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