Scramble%20for%20Africa

1
Scramble for Africa

• Macdonald
• World History

2
Imperialism

• Industrialization caused European nations to
  compete for raw materials new ppl to sell goods
  to
• Looked to other nations, esp. Africa, to do this
• Led to imperialism take-over of a weaker
  country by a stronger (also referred to as
  colonialism)

3
Congo

• Livingstone missionary from Scotland who got
  lost in Africa
• Reporter Stanley sent to find him caused huge
  media sensation
• Later Stanley returned to Africa helped king
  Leopold II of Belgium acquire land
• 1st place of colonization in Africa

4
Competition

• Leopold forced Africans to collect sap from
  rubber plants brutally exploited them millions
  die
• Belgiums seizure of land concerned other
  countries that also wanted land in Africa
• Many countries started seizing land in Africa

5
Reasons for Imperialism

1. Nationalism large empire meant great nations
2. Social Darwinism form of racism be/ Europe
   had more goods, thought they were better
3. Missionaries wanted to convert ppl to
   Christianity
4. Competition for national resources for
   industrialization

6
Reasons So Successful

• Africans couldnt communication w/ each other to
  unite
• Technology
• Maxim Gun 1st automatic machine gun
• Steam Engine could get around to control ppl
• RR, steamships could communicate
• Quinine drug invented to stop malaria

7
Division of Africa

• Discovery of gold diamonds increased interest
  in colonization develop cash crop economies
• Berlin Conference 14 nations agreed on rules
  for division
• Countries must claim land prove ability to
  control it
• By 1914, only Liberia and Ethiopia free of
  European control

8

• Africa, 1914