Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - zvematongerwo enyika zveEurope zvakaona shanduko shoma kwazvo dzehurumende, kunze kukuru kuri kwePortugal, iyo yakasangana neshanduko yehurumende
muna 1910. Zvisinei, kusawirirana pakati pemapato evashandi vezvematongerwe enyika, mapato ezvematongerwe enyika, uye mapato ezvematongerwe enyika kana kuti aristocratic akawedzera munyika dzakawanda, uye zvakataurwa kuti kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwe enyika kwakadzika kwakapesana nehupfumi hwezvematongerwe enyika eEurope munguva iyoyo. Kutaura idi, kuda zvechiuto nokukakavadzana kwamarudzi ose kwakawedzera zvikuru pakati pa 1897 na 1914, uye makore apamberi pehondo chaipo akaratidzirwa nemakwikwi akazara ezvombo muEurope. Mukuwedzera, iyi yakanga iri nhambo yokurwiswa kukuru kwamakoroni mhiri kwemakungwa, kunozivikanwa seNew Imperialism. Chikamu chakakurumbira zvikurusa chokuwedzera uku kwoumambo chakanga chiri Kurwira Africa.