After Europe set up colonies all across the continent, there were many resources found. The slave trade was established in Africa while it was under the imperialism from Europe. Other important resources that were found in Africa were diamonds, especially in South Africa, and gold. Another key reason why Africa was under imperialism was because Europeans, not just the British, wanted to spread Christianity and religion wherever they conquered, and since Africa seemed uninfluenced by any form of religion, it seemed the perfect place to impose Christianity. Africa’s ports were also a major stopping point for most of the world, and Europe had ideas of spreading Christianity to the world and it would start one port at a time.
Strategic factors played a changing role in Britain’s relationship with its African empire throughout the expansion period 1870-1902, the consolidation period 1902-1955 and the de-colonisation period 1955-1981. In some of these periods Strategy was right at the foreground of Britain’s rule in Africa and other times it was pushed to the back by other major factors. These include economic considerations, International relations, changing attitudes and nationalism. Many historians such as Martin Pugh saw that ‘the most obvious motive for British expansion was strategic’. Britain’s strategic motives in Africa centred on thwarting the growth of rival European powers as well as securing its interests in Africa.
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).
During this period, the African leaders reacted to the Scramble for Africa in different ways including, by political or cultural behavior, fighting back or surrendering. The European invasion of Africa lead the Africans to respond in several different ways, one of which being responding with political or cultural behavior. (Documents 1,2,3, and 8). In document 1 the Royal Niger Company made a standard form contract for multiple African leaders to sign in order to imperialize the Delta. The British government discussed not entering a war with the Africans or interfering with any of the native laws and customs for control of the Nile River.
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.
African Action & Reaction DBQ In 1884, unbeknown to any of the Africans themselves until received with European arrival, the great European powers met up in Berlin and conjured up a grand plan that divided up Africa into each of the countries own mass of colonial territories, used for the betterment if their mother country, later coined as the term the “Scramble for Africa.” If it was an already inserted thought in the Europeans heads that the land of Africa was free for them to do with whatever they wanted is known only to them, but Africa most certainly did not completely according to script on their say in the division of the land. Some of the African countries from the beginning never wanted the presence of Europe on their land, before they even began to plan for arrival, while other African countries continuously waged war against the Europeans, in attempt to drive them from the land. The remainder of countries immediately backed down and surrendered to the strength of Europe. In 1891, when the Ashanti leader Prempeh I received a proposition from the Queen of England that the people of Ashanti could use protection from England; he rejected the offer in the kindest way a leader could reject a leader (Doc. 2).
Map On this world map, do the following: • draw the two major ecozones that cover Africa, Asia, and Europe • indicate and name the barrier that separates these two ecozones (10 points) III. Graphic Organizer Fill out the table below by describing an argument for and against each factor contributing to modern-day problems in Africa. (10 points) Factor Argument Counter-Argument Export-oriented Economies African countries are under-developed and will not be successful in the next decade It’s not Africa’s fault, the Europeans created boundaries that mixed cultures creating ethnic tension. Trade barriers The IMF is trying to create free-trade between Africa and other countries, but the countries of Africa won’t. Yes, but
There are more than 120 different languages and dialects and the nationality is Chadian. Chad was a country that was owned by the Muslim states before the Berlin Conference (French). Later on however, Chad was owned by a different country that was located in Europe. The country that gained power of Chad was France. France wanted to get more wealth and land so they decided that they wanted to gain land in Africa.
After being horribly oppressed, shot, and otherwise torn apart, some villages teamed up to force Europe out of their respective homes by force, no matter what the cost. An additional document that would help to further your understanding in the reactions of Africans to the “European Scramble for Africa” would be a document
Name: James Allam Ejidio Course: African History CHANGES AND FACTORS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS IN AFRICA Introduction From the 17th through the 20th centuries, Europeans powers scrambled to divide Africa among themselves in a monumentous colonial movement that left lasting impressions and far-reaching consequences for Africa and the international political stage. Five major impacts of colonialism in Africa were Combat against other African, long lasting racial oppression, widespread poverty, Underdevelopment and Distortion of the traditional organization of African life. Combat against other Africans Most Europeans