Scramble for Africa

power to command. Whether or not one has the “power to command” is strictly subjective, however many European countries in the 1800’s felt they were worthy of a world wide empire. This belief led to imperialism, in which Europe competed for land in Africa and Asia. While there were many factors in this drive for expansion, the three that heavily influenced this age were as follows: nationalism and the feeling of superiority in various European countries, the technology created by the Industrial…

What was the main cause of the European Imperialism in Africa? The European imperialism lasted over 300 years from 1500’s to the 1800’s. It started to change in the 1800’s because as European explorers took over and pushed their way to the interior and central Africa. By the 1880’s Africa was taken by the European settlers. Some reasons the Europeans wanted Africa because they have a lot of good natural resources. All the Europeans did was take all of their resources and have them do all the…

As European power rivalries increased and the amount of unclaimed land in the world diminished, European interest in the vastly unclaimed African continent increased. Africa lured in Europeans looking to conquer land, for it was a source of unique commodities, such as ivory in East Africa and cloves in Zanzibar, which the powers could extract to make a profit. However, Europeans quickly discovered that conquest and colonization were two very different processes. Conquest involved seizing…

in western Kenya represents a sample of what colonialism was in 20th century Africa. Mutongi’s case studies of Christian missionaries, gold mining, and land conflicts among Kenyans in western Kenya brought insight about colonialism in twentieth-century Africa. During the 20th century, missionaries helped Christianity spread in western Kenya. The spread of Christianity would unravel the intentions missionaries had in Africa. Willis…

went to Africa was because of their natural resources like diamonds, gold, silver, tin, and copper. The second reason is new markets, it became very big when they started finding all of these new goods and they were getting so much money and other supplies by trading/selling. The third reason for imperialism is because the Europeans were stronger than the Africans, they had a stronger military, and more supplies. Imperialism had many positives that came from the British going to Africa. The…

e quote by Joseph Chamberlain suggests his view of British imperialism in Africa was that they were doing Africa a big favor by exposing them to all they had to offer. The Suez Canal was viewed as the “lifetime of the Empire” because it allowed Britain quicker access to its colonies in Asia and in Africa. The Suez Canal was a handmade water-way that connected two seas. These seas were the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It was opened in 1869, and the French covered the cost of building it…

more powerful countries have over smaller ones. They have the effect to change people’s daily lives in other, poorer countries. Meaning that they extend their rule over to another country. The responses first gotten when they tried to imperialize Africa were many. There were many mixed feelings about it. Most viewed it as them trying to change their customs and ways of life, which they didn’t want to tolerate. Most of the people wanted to drive all the Christian missionaries out of the country…

Evaluate the causes and effects of imperialism in Africa during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Thesis: Africa had lots of natural resources that would benefit Europe and help Europe achieve financial stability, this lead to the imperialization period in Europe which was justified by racial prejudice and inequality by explorers. In turn, technology and weaponry allowed Europe to get further ahead and allowed colonization to happen. Competition within the countries of Europe and…

indicated that if you were white not only is it your duty to dominate another country but kill in the “savage wars”. -the Berlin Conference: The Berlin Conference was a meeting in 1884 with European nations to take claims on Africa, or imperialize them. However, no representative of Africa was there and the meeting was held without their consent either. The division created several conflicts with ethnic groups because they were forced to be together and represents a negative effect of…

In Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa he argues that European imperialism and earlier colonialism from earlier centuries did little to nothing with improving the lives of the African people. European imperialism was meant to boost the economies and power of European nations; however, colonialism “blunted, halted, and turned back” the development of Africa. Also with the interruption of the development and culture of the African people, there was no compensation given as the…