C. To claim new lands for natural resources
The Imperialism has a negative connotation to the extent that Europeans often consider themselves superior to other cultures, with 1800's we can imagine a great amount of this relating to a supposed racial , cultural, intelectual superiority. So they also had ideological justifications for claiming new lands. The justification often involved expanding trade routes. The problematic arose when they engaged in unfair economic practices , where often the natural resources were grants also for the exchange or served as payment for debts.
The term imperialism consists of imposing culture and also conditioning the life of the colonies, often imperialism is the product of industrialization and colonialization. The practice of the looting of resources and destroying aboriginal cultures is latent to the present.
