Growing up, I was always told that every action has consequences. These consequences may not seem critical in the beginning. But as time progresses, they can affect the future generations around the world. As a self-proclaimed history buff, the time period of 1881 through 1914 utterly fascinating. During these years, the five ions occurred throughout the continent of Africa. The five ions refer to the five stages of what's known as the scramble for Africa. The Scramble refers to the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of the continent of Africa by major European powers. While there were other contributing factors that weakened the continent, I was the scramble for Africa that continues to negatively affect Africa and
