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- 2. Industrial Powers raceto coloniesIndustrial Powers race to colonies
- 3. Development in AfricanDevelopmentin African RegionsRegions • North: Ottoman controlNorth: Ottoman control declinedecline • West: Islamic reformWest: Islamic reform movementmovement • East: Slave trade w/ Mid EEast: Slave trade w/ Mid E continuedcontinued • South: Zulu nationSouth: Zulu nation conquered neighborsconquered neighbors
- 4. Euro contactEuro contact increasesincreases http://www.africamission-mafr.org/mgr_livinhacgb.htm http://www.africa4christ.org/Images/Africa4ChristFront.jpg http://www.richmond.gov.uk/richard_burton.jpg Burton& Nile http://www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org/resources/ima ges/Life+explorations-en.jpg Livingstone explorer & missionary
- 5. King Leopold IIof BelgiumKing Leopold II of Belgium • ArrangedArranged treatiestreaties w/Africanw/African leadersleaders • MonopolizedMonopolized CongoCongo • Scramble forScramble for AfricaAfrica http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Leopold _ii_garter_knight.jpg
- 6. Industrial Powers raceto coloniesIndustrial Powers race to colonies • ChristianChristian MissionariesMissionaries were thewere the first “explorers” offirst “explorers” of Africa’s interiorAfrica’s interior • Belgium sentBelgium sent representatives torepresentatives to negotiate with Africannegotiate with African chiefschiefs – Contracts were inContracts were in EnglishEnglish – Those who refusedThose who refused were shotwere shot – Chiefs were forcedChiefs were forced to give up their landto give up their landIn the 1870s, European powers looked to fully colonize Africa. The map shows how Imperialist nations divided the continent.
- 7. • ConnectedConnected Red&Red & Mediterranean SeaMediterranean Sea shortening trip toshortening trip to Asian marketsAsian markets • 18751875 - Egypt- Egypt neededneeded $ so they sold their$ so they sold their share toshare to EnglandEngland • Despite theDespite the voluntary sale,voluntary sale, Egyptians grewEgyptians grew angry & rebelledangry & rebelled over foreignover foreign presencepresence – 18821882 Led toLed to Egypt becomingEgypt becoming aa protectorateprotectorateEgypt & France = PartnersEgypt & France = Partners
- 8. Causes • England dedicatedto expansion • British settlers in Dutch colonies outnumbered Boers • British gained control of area new language & culture • British outlawed slavery • Boers left & founded British settlers continued to move north & on Dutch
- 9. Outcomes • The Boersresisted British victory & practiced guerilla warfare • British arrested & imprisoned Boers • Boers finally gave up (1910) • Orange Free State & Transvaal became part of British Africa • Created the Union of South Cecil Rhodes vision of a English-speaking Empire
- 10. Berlin ConferenceBerlin Conference •Free state of CongoFree state of Congo • Free tradeFree trade in Congoin Congo basinbasin • Niger & Congo RiverNiger & Congo River free ship trafficfree ship traffic • Prohibition of slave tradeProhibition of slave trade • If claim land, need est govIf claim land, need est gov officesoffices http://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/snyderd/MWH/Projects/mun-bc/wpe2.gif
- 11. Liberia & Ethiopiawere the only independent African Nations
- 12. • Created problemsbetweenCreated problems between African tribesAfrican tribes • Forced ethnic groups intoForced ethnic groups into same nationsame nation • Destroyed African cultureDestroyed African culture • In many parts,In many parts, segregationsegregation & class system based on& class system based on colorcolor were introducedwere introduced • Africa has yet to recoverAfrica has yet to recover corruption, instability,corruption, instability, violence & authoritativeviolence & authoritative regimes are commonregimes are common
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