Scramble For Africa Dbq Analysis

During Europe’s Scramble for Africa during 1884-1885, various European countries assembled at the Berlin Conference in Berlin to discuss the borders and territories of Africa each country would take. The Europeans usually gave the leaders of these territories contracts to sign and sum of money in order to gain consent, but the sums of money were usually not as reasonable as thought by the Europeans and the contracts This resulted in varied reactions from African leaders and people themselves. Some reactions were violent or called for violence, and others were those of giving in, submitting, or. During Europe’s Scramble for Africa, some Africans reacted by submitting, giving in, or peacefully resigning whether as an immediate result or last resort. For example, in Document 1, the British had made a contract for African chiefs to sign to give away their land “willingly” and for a “reasonable amount”. Of course the British thought the sum they were offering was reasonable because they weren 't the ones receiving it, but the Africans had probably signed the treaty because they had no choice, and this facade of willingness was just a formality. In addition to this resignation by the African chiefs, Ndansi Kumalo, an African veteran of the Ndebele Rebellion against British advances in southern Africa stated that he and his people …show more content…
For example, the people of these African kingdoms and tribes were not heard in these documents and their input would show us what the thought of the reactions and actions of the leaders. Most of the african actions and reactions listed here were made by African leaders and may have been sought against by the people of these leaders. For example,in document 7, Mahereo cal 's all the chiefs to rise and fight but we do not know if the people actually want to