What the reasons of european colonization ?

Question

As Indonesian, we got colonized by Portuguese, british, dutch and Japan. I wonder what the reason behind this? when the colonization idea come from?

Answer 1

From my point of view it was the rise of capitalism that was the main cause of europian colonization. As people started to move to towns from villages their main activity changed from growng foods to crafts production. There was a need to sell those things. Moreover there was a need to find materials for craftmaships. The need to find new markets to sell goods as well as the need to find new places with materials for manufacturers caused the ear of investigation of new lands and colonization of natives.

Comments

Nice Answer, thats look reasonable. i hear ottoman empire became one of the reason to? do you agree with that? 
even im muslim, offensive war never teach on Quran, I assume the ottoman conquest is only about politics

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It is very interesting point about Ottoman empire. It conquered Spain and Greece in Europe as far as I know. May be it influenced europians on the matter of widening their lands. I think too that Ottoman conquest was about politics. Widening the Empire. By the way Russia is doing this now. They still have empire habits even if their economy is only 1.5% of the world economy compared to 40% of USA and China.

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i cant comment about rusia, every country have national security and reason. hopely Our president jokowidodo effort last time in kyiev and moscow can make the peace happen faster

Answer 2

Colonization came into the mind of europeans when they became interestly unsatisfied with what they were getting from africans, even if they were cheating them, they became greed and start to seize their land.

Answer 3

European colonization was driven by factors such as economic gain, religious and political motives, and a desire for power and control over new territories and resources.

Answer 4

The reasons for European colonization of Indonesia were varied, but included economic and political motivations. The Portuguese were the first to colonize Indonesia in the 16th century, followed by the British and Dutch in the 18th century. The Japanese colonized Indonesia during World War II, and the Dutch regained control after the war. The main motivations for colonization were economic gain and political power. Colonization allowed the Europeans to gain access to natural resources and to control trade in the region.

Answer 5

European countries recognized the potential profits of securing better trade with Asia and sought new routes by sea. Commissioned by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was among the first who sought a faster, more direct route to Asia by sailing west rather than east.