To them, Africans were savage beasts with no culture or ability to reason. The Progressive School wanted people to think that Western Civilization saved Africans from a worthless existence. It was necessary for Progressives to indoctrinate the Western World with this propaganda. It was the only way to justify the institution of slavery. Presenting the idea that blacks accepted their status made everything ok.
Underdevelopment There was several immediately obvious aspect of that underdevelopment that we need to elaborate. Colonialism has its own logical concept on the Europeans and Americans. It was not true that the idea to colonize Africa was the issue to make profits. But their target was human capital associated with slavery. Africans were skilled, knowledgeable and creative individual who manage themselves without outside help.
During the time of the European scramble for Africa, European countries fought to control the natural resources and colonize Africa. In response to the imperialism of Europeans African actions and reactions involve, diplomatic methods nonviolent and violent resistant. Documents 1, 2, 3 reveal evidence of how some African countries that was oppose to the imperialism of the Europeans deal with it by using diplomatic methods. The Royal Niger company document gives an example of how the British were willing to develop a diplomatic relationship with the chiefs of the African countries. It shows how the Royal Niger Company agrees on paying for the land and to respect native laws (doc 1).
21.1 4,5,6 4. Explain how the “new imperialism” differed from old imperialism. Also, explain how imperialism came to be associated with Social Darwinism? - New imperialism differed from the old imperialism because instead of a country creating a colony and claiming land they just setup trading areas like plantations. This became associated with social Darwinism because it refers to the survival of the fittest of the countries with power.
In addition, he gives Beneatha a possible path out of her life in America. As a final point, he represents educated, advanced thinking Africans. He is important because he shows that you can be a successful person without accepting the “white” way of life. Asagai brings the idea of symbolism to A Raisin in the Sun. He essentially is Africa.
However some Africans acted to the scramble by saying ok to the European demands, succeeding. While other Africans used religion as a reaction to the Europeans trying to take over African land. Other older African tribes reacted to Europeans by using tradition and old ways while some Africans were just to prideful to become a part of the new European ways or society. Even though all of this is true about the different ways Africans acted and reacted to European imperialism: there were still some Africans who did what was expected hold a violent resistance against the Europeans. A no holds barrier type of action was employed by some African tribes.
Brittany had created a social system that allowed the upper class African nobility to be treated respectfully, and treat peasants badly while still regarding them as fully human. Harms also explains what drove and inspired the slave traders. He admitted it was “driven by greed and afflicted with inhumanity and caused people to be treated like cattle” (Harms 18). However, Harms mentioned how not everyone involved in the slave trade thought they were doing inhumane acts. Some people defended the slave trade.
They made the claims that because they were uncivilized, this was a perfect justification for conquest. Europeans were looking for excuses to make Africa look like it needed European help; this made all African customs seem savage and not normal in the eyes of the Europeans. All of this encompassed the myth of the Dark
They believed that they were fellow brothers, but were instead ignored and harassed by white men for their own benefit. Slaves also pointed out how slavery was just an excuse for the South to continue their economic enterprise, because they needed as much labor as possible which the blacks were indeed “to be sold like beast[s] of burden” by them. There would be no other reason why the slaves would be necessary as it only existed for the greed of the white men who enjoyed profit. Within the same petition, it also addressed a religious contention that the white men are hypocritical in their faith in God. The slaves questioned why if all men were created equally
The Europeans felt they could be easily tricked and would in fact make good slaves. They believed that they could take the land from the Indians without any ramifications. The differences between the world view of the Europeans and the Native Americans did make conflict between the two groups inevitable. With the goal of settlement and land ownership the Europeans had to push the Natives off the land. The Europeans greed and search for riches caused them to take the natural resources which the