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Scramble for Africa

Industrial Powers race to Industrial Powers race to coloniescolonies

Euro contact Euro contact increasesincreases

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Burton & Nile

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Livingstone explorer & missionary

Industrial Powers race to Industrial Powers race to coloniescolonies• Christian Christian

MissionariesMissionaries were the first were the first “explorers” of “explorers” of Africa’s interiorAfrica’s interior

• Belgium sent Belgium sent representatives representatives to negotiate to negotiate with African with African chiefschiefsIn the 1870s, European powers

looked to fully colonize Africa. The map shows how Imperialist nations divided the continent.

• Connected Connected Red & Red & Mediterranean SeaMediterranean Sea

• 18751875 - Egypt - Egypt needed $ & sold needed $ & sold their share to their share to EnglandEngland

• Egyptians grew Egyptians grew angry & rebelled angry & rebelled over foreign over foreign presencepresence– 18821882 Led to Led to

Egypt becoming Egypt becoming a protectoratea protectorate

Causes

• 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

Outcomes

• Resistance & guerilla warfare

• British arrested & imprisoned Boers

• Orange Free State & Transvaal became part of British Africa

• Created the Union of South Africa

Berlin ConferenceBerlin Conference

• Free state & Free state & trade in Congotrade in Congo

• Prohibition of Prohibition of slave tradeslave trade

• If claim land, If claim land, need est gov need est gov officesoffices

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Liberia & Ethiopia = only independent African Nations

• Problems btwn Problems btwn African tribesAfrican tribes

• Forced ethnic groups Forced ethnic groups into same nationinto same nation

• Destroyed African Destroyed African cultureculture

• Segregation & class Segregation & class system system

• Still: corruption, Still: corruption, instability, violence instability, violence & authoritative & authoritative regimes are commonregimes are common

Whose Next?Whose Next?