The Scramble for Africa, when European countries rushed to claim land in Africa to colonize, a period of time after the Berlin conference in 1884, a meeting between European powers discuss splitting parts of Africa among them while not including any African leaders in the meeting. Before the Berlin Conference the European countries for 300 years from 1500 to 1800, were trading along the coast of west Africa. They traded for gold, ivory, and slaves, but never did they venture deep into Africa. There were many reasons to why the European countries decided to imperialize Africa in the late 19th century. There was the sense of a national competition that brought nations to compete with each other in obtaining the most land, technological advances
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In Document E it shows the amount, in millions of British pounds, In 1854 Great Britain made less from exports to Africa than imports to Africa, but compared to 1900 Great Britain made a fortune making twice as much in export to Africa than imports from Africa. This shows that the driving force behind European imperialism in Africa is the economic benefit provided by the colonies because what the countries gain is a vast amount of money from exports, and is most likely double the price of imports from Africa. This economic benefit can help aid the country 's national competition with one …show more content…
By providing the countries with a large amount of resources, countries are able to trade them making a lot of money which will improve their economy. These resources also benefited countries like Great Britain in exports, making twice as much from imports to Africa. Resources like the metal Great Britain obtained from one of its colonies can help in developing better technology. All of the benefit that is provided by the vast amount of resources from these colonies can help the European countries in their friendly competition with one another. The long term impact of European imperialism in Africa because of the limitless amount of resources that resided in these African colonies, was that the European countries became rich with resources that benefitted their economy wildly by trade and market and allowed enough resources to develop more advanced
In Document E it shows the amount, in millions of British pounds, In 1854 Great Britain made less from exports to Africa than imports to Africa, but compared to 1900 Great Britain made a fortune making twice as much in export to Africa than imports from Africa. This shows that the driving force behind European imperialism in Africa is the economic benefit provided by the colonies because what the countries gain is a vast amount of money from exports, and is most likely double the price of imports from Africa. This economic benefit can help aid the country 's national competition with one …show more content…
By providing the countries with a large amount of resources, countries are able to trade them making a lot of money which will improve their economy. These resources also benefited countries like Great Britain in exports, making twice as much from imports to Africa. Resources like the metal Great Britain obtained from one of its colonies can help in developing better technology. All of the benefit that is provided by the vast amount of resources from these colonies can help the European countries in their friendly competition with one another. The long term impact of European imperialism in Africa because of the limitless amount of resources that resided in these African colonies, was that the European countries became rich with resources that benefitted their economy wildly by trade and market and allowed enough resources to develop more advanced