Introduction The arrival of Europeans had both historical and economic impacts on the African continent. The first interactions between Africa and Europe occurred mainly on the west coast of Africa when the Europeans were searching for a trade route to India. This evolved into European traders coming to Africa in search of slaves after the America’s were discovered. Later‚ the Europeans decided to settle within Africa and use its people to harvest the raw materials the continent had to offer. After
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West Africa: Colonial Times From the early 1500’s to the mid 1900’s Europeans have been known for their success in colonizing foreign territories. The Dutch‚ British‚ Portuguese‚ French and Germans were the main European groups who throughout the 15th and 19th century felt the need to take over beneficial countries to improve their power. The desire for money‚ goods‚ territory and empire building led the Europeans to all search around the world in hopes of finding a weaker country with raw materials
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Colonization on Africa has Pros and cons. The Pros are that the europeans got resources they didn’t have and‚ got people to work for them. But the cons are that the africans have less resources and had a huge decrease in population. Europeans colonized Africa for a couple reasons. One reason they colonized Africa because they wanted to start a trade with people in Africa. This is because Europeans knew africa was loaded with good resources that Europeans don’t have. For example‚ gold‚ cocoa‚ bauxite
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Africa was imperialized in 1884 at the conference of Berlin. By 1914‚ Europeans had taken most of Africa. Countries in Africa before imperialism where socially strong because they had a lot of different tribes‚ cultures and languages. However different ethnic groups were often in conflict. Economically they had complex trade. European countries imperialized Africa because they wanted to spread Christianity and abolish slavery. They also wanted their natural resources. They took advantage of Africa’s
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The colonization of Africa has traced back into the late 1800’s. Britain cut a large piece of the African cake starting from Cairo to Cape Town. In addition to Nigeria and West Africa. Lots of ethnic groups in Africa made boundaries where the European powers could not get through. The French took the East to West side of Africa including Madagascar. British ruled the Arabs in the North and the Blacks in the South of Sudan then they combined. The portegese took over Angola‚ Mosanbeak and Ginibesi
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To support their extraction of resources from Africa‚ the Europeans built large amounts of infrastructure and export systems (Hrituleac‚ 2011). The colonial governments constructed railways and roads to expedite the process of transporting resources (Settles‚ 1996). This benefitted Africans some‚ but the main motivation by Europeans was to foster their own development and get richer faster (Hrituleac‚ 2011). The railways they constructed were to connect the interior markets with the coastal markets
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Africa Before European Arrival People of the early African kingdoms were able to create successful trade routes with Europe and Asia‚ become very wealthy from conquering and gaining land‚ and were able to have a strong central government. All of this was done before the Europeans had reached Africa. Trade flourished on the East African coast‚ especially when trading was established with India and Arabia. African kingdoms were prosperous‚ because of their success with not only trading but also
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European states colonized Africa for various reasons. In African Politics‚ political purposes behind colonization will be tended to. In this regard‚ the monetary purposes behind and the financial outcomes of development will be talked about. European strategy in Africa had two sections: the pioneer government and the provincial economy. The pioneer government was worried about the issues of a province at the focal and nearby levels. European authorities coordinated the focal government‚ which made
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The European colonized Africa for numerous reasons such as the medical advancement for malaria which was devastating the European population. During the industrial revolution‚ the Europeans perfected the gun which gave them an advantage over Africa. The European-built an empire in Africa by converting them to Christianity and introducing two types of government‚ direct rule‚ and indirect rule. They established missionaries that change the culture and religion which resulted in modern schools and
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What was the driving force behind European Imperialism in Africa? Make a claim based on evidence SOURCING : Who‚ What‚ When‚ Where & Why is this from? CONTEXTUALIZING : What are the effects of time/circumstances on author? CLOSE READING : What is the claim/evidence? CORROBORATING : Validity and comparison to other documents? Part I CONTEXTUALIZATION (All Documents) (Using the timeline‚ powerpoint‚ map‚ textbook‚ and introduction to each document answer these questions)
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