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    English colonized Kenya. It had many effects on Kenya‚ good and bad‚ but the bad outweighed the good. Colonialism affected Kenya badly. It was affected badly because the Kenyans were appointed new leaders that didn’t really care about them and the Europeans didn’t treat them equally and they basically took over their land as if the Kenyans weren’t even there. They also didn’t get paid much and they didn’t get as much education as the Europeans. ​When the British colonized Kenya they started appointing

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    12-11-12 How did colonialism affect Kenya? By: Madison Vomastek Colonialism occurs when one nation takes control of another. When Europe took over it affected Kenya in mostly bad ways. The central consequence of colonial rule proved to not be the modern reconstruction of Africa. The far-reaching dismantlement and ruin of the societies and structures‚ which in the invaders had found good‚ worked to Kenya’s disadvantage. In the 19th century Europeans created the African nation of Kenya. In 1884 when

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    British Imperialism and Colonialism in Kenya Throughout the African continent‚ foreign occupation and intervention has always been a focal point when analyzing the historical academia of the enormous continent. Many historians and scholars have researched and studied events which have occurred throughout African history with respect to foreign relations‚ specifically‚ imperialism and colonialism. Traditionally‚ colonialism has been related with a series of severe consequences for the states

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    Essay Outline Guide Working Title: Colonialism affected Kenya Paragraph # 1 Introduction Grabber: Europe saw the continent of Africa as “Tabula Rasa‚” land for the taking. Background: For almost 400 years the countries of Europe controlled as much of the earth as they could. By 1914 they controlled 85% of the earth surface. At the Berlin conference the Europeans drew up the map of African without giving any Africans a voice. Stating the question with key terms defined: Colonialism

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    SECTION 2-1 REVIEW AND REINFORCE •Understanding Main Ideas Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. 1. What factors determine whether water soaks into the ground or flows over the ground as runoff? The nature of the ground‚ the rate of the rainfall‚ and the slope of the land. 2. Draw a simple sketch of a river system. Include and label the following: headwaters. Tributary‚ oxbow lake‚ meander‚ flood plain‚ delta‚ and mouth

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    British Colonialism The British adopted contradictory policies in ruling their newly acquired Cape Colony in the first three decades of the nineteenth century. Having seized the Cape from the VOC in 1795‚ the British returned the colony to the Dutch government in 1803 when peace had been concluded with the French. In 1806‚ however‚ with the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars‚ the British again took the Cape in order to protect the sea route to their Asian empire. Like the VOC before them‚ the British

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    Why were the American colonies unhappy with the British government? By the 1770’s‚ Great Britain had established a number of colonies in North America. The American colonists thought of themselves as citizens of Great Britain and subjects of King George III. They were tied to Britain through trade and by the way they were governed. Trade was restricted so the colonies had to rely on Britain for imported goods and supplies. There were no banks and very little money‚ so colonists used barter

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    How did Colonialism affect Kenya? Colonialism is a form of one nation takes control of another. During the time 1800’s Europeans had 85% of the earth colonized by 1914. The colonialism affect on Kenya didn’t even occur until the nineteenth century. Were Kenya was created by the Europeans. Its boundaries were drawn about four thousand miles to the northwest in Berlin‚ Germany fourteen European nations men in 1884 to 1885 to carve up the African continent. No Africans attended the Berlin Conference

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    business interests of the British imperialists had a mixed outcome.Great Britain expanded into India‚Asia‚and Africa.There were three main causes that are linked to the causes and reasons os imperializing(political‚social‚economic).Overall‚imperialism is a progressive force‚and both the “oppressors”are equally effected by imperialism in both positive and negative ways. The causes of British Imperialism were tied to economic‚social‚and political reasons.socially‚the british believed that they were

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    transportation for the travel. Document 2 How is British imperialism both positive and negative for India? The British were able to provide a politically peaceful and orders place. They helped them materially. The negative parts were that‚ the British/Europeans always took up the higher places in every department of government and they lived off the Indians work. Document 3 What benefits did India gain during British imperialism? British imperialism provided many benefits towards India one

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