Nichols AS Level History SIS 2022 Source D Take up the White Man’s burden–Send forth the best ye breed–Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild–Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child.
This is a verse from a famous poem, written by Britain s imperial poet, Rue/yore/ Kipling, which was a response to the American LS.11 takeover of the Philippines after the 1898 Spani:sh-Amefican War. It was written in 1899.
Answer both parts with reference to the sources. Read Sources A and B.
1. Compare and contrast the reasons for imperialism given in Sources A and B [15] Read all the sources.
2. ‘Imperialism was based mostly on economic concerns’. How far do these sources support this view? [25]
