There were many advances made in technology during the industrial revolution. Advances included the steam engine, textile inventions, the iron industry, factories, and railroads. With all of this advancement happening around the same time period this provided a way to increase capitalism, the free market, and world trade as well. European nations gained control over much of Africa as a way to gain control of the land and of the market. Europeans were quicker and had more powerful tools in order to take over Africa and Asia and by 1914 they had taken over all but Ethiopia and Liberia.
There were economic reasons Europeans took control of Africa. They wanted the raw materials, like coal and metals. The wanted there land for plantations and trade
There were economic reasons Europeans took control of Africa. They wanted the raw materials, like coal and metals. The wanted there land for plantations and trade