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Industrial Powers race to colonies
Euro contact increases Burton & Nile http://www.africamission-mafr.org/mgr_livinhacgb.htm http://www.richmond.gov.uk/richard_burton.jpg Livingstone explorer & missionary http://www.africa4christ.org/Images/Africa4ChristFront.jpg http://www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org/resources/images/Life+explorations-en.jpg
Industrial Powers race to colonies AFRICA Christian Missionaries were the first “explorers” of Africa’s interior Belgium sent representatives to negotiate with African chiefs In the 1870s, European powers looked to fully colonize Africa. The map shows how Imperialist nations divided the continent.
AFRICA Suez Canal Built in 1869 w/French $ Connected Red & Mediterranean Sea 1875 - Egypt needed $ & sold their share to England Egyptians grew angry & rebelled over foreign presence 1882 Led to Egypt becoming a protectorate Built in 1869 w/French $
British settlers continued to move north & on Dutch controlled land AFRICA Boer War Causes 1880-1881 England v. Dutch Farmers British settlers in Dutch colonies outnumbered Boers gained control of area & British outlawed slavery Boers founded Transvaal & Orange Free State Diamonds were discovered in the Boers British settlers continued to move north & on Dutch controlled land
England v. Dutch Farmers AFRICA Boer War Outcomes 1880-1881 England v. Dutch Farmers Resistance & guerilla warfare British arrested & imprisoned Boers Orange Free State & Transvaal became part of British Africa Created the Union of South Africa From Cape to Cairo
Berlin Conference Free state & trade in Congo Prohibition of slave trade If claim land, need est gov offices http://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/snyderd/MWH/Projects/mun-bc/wpe2.gif
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Liberia & Ethiopia = only independent African Nations The Scramble for Africa Liberia & Ethiopia = only independent African Nations
Scars left on Africa Problems btwn African tribes Forced ethnic groups into same nation Destroyed African culture Segregation & class system Still: corruption, instability, violence & authoritative regimes are common
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