Essay On European Colonization Of Africa

Colonization can be a good thing and a bad thing. When the Europeans came to Africa, they thought they would help them by colonizing them but of course with a price. The Europeans did not help the Africans enough for what they took from them. They said that they would colonize them if they could have a few mountains. The Europeans soon took everything, including the people. The Africans soon learned they did not get enough in return as they gave away, but by that time it was already to late, later this shows how colonization can become a very bad thing.

To start, Europeans colonized Africa for many reasons, two of which are they wanted their materials and people for slaves. My first reason is the Europeans wanted their raw materials, like gold, diamonds, salt and many more. The Europeans that came here told the Africans that they would show them how to have an acceptable government, if they could have the mountains. At the time the Africans didn’t realize that they meant they wanted the land they didn’t think it was possible. But later they …show more content…
To lead, the Europeans took so many materials from Africa that there was none left for the Africans to have. This leads to them being awfully poor continent. Africa’s economy is very faulty; this was because of the Europeans taking all of there materials. In addition to how many materials they took they also caused them to have a very bad government. Many problems have begun because of their lack of government. They have disrupted the peace so now not many tribes trust each other. Many tribes fight and hate each other so much that it has caused them to smuggle auto-matic weapons. All of this has been caused because of the Europeans coming and “Colonizing”