Imperialism in Africa By Ethan. Fortunately In the 1400s Portugal established a number of trading outposts along the coast of Africa

Imperialism in AfricaBy Ethan

Fortunately

• In the 1400s Portugal established a number of trading outposts along the coast of Africa

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Fortunately

• In the 1600s, the Dutch established the Cape Town settlement on the southwestern tip of Africa

• What cape town looked like

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Unfortunately

• These early settlements led to the slave trade, forcing africans to go work in Europe


Fortunately

• In 1800, many European nations made laws banning the slave trade


Unfortunately

• The illegal slave trade continued throughout the 1800s QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressorare needed to see this picture.

Fortunately

• King Leopold sent people to establish trade with native Africans in Congo


Unfortunately

• This drew attention to Africa

• Many European countries started imperialism in Africa


Unfortunately• Leaders of many

European countries met in Berlin, Germany

• They created the following rules(without caring about Africans):

• Any country who wanted to claim a territory should inform the other countries

• To do this, you must occupy the territory

• Treaties with African leaders would be a valid title to sovereignty



Unfortunately

• The British invaded South Africans land

• The Zulu (or the South Africans) were defeated

• Britain took over South Africa



Unfortunately

• By 1900, the only parts of Africa that were still free were Ethiopia and Liberia (white in the picture)


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Imperialism in Africa By Ethan. Fortunately In the 1400s Portugal established a number of trading outposts along the coast of Africa