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The Scramble for Africa (Africa Before European Domination (Africa (No…
The Scramble for Africa
Africa Before European Domination
Africa
No countries
No government ruling
Hundreds of ethnic (social groups) and linguistic (language) groups
Nations Compete for Overseas Empires
Europeans and Americans
They were trying to expand their control to new lands
They learn more about Africa from travel books and newspapers
They hire reporters to search about the globe fore stories and adventure, mystery, or excitement
David Livingstone
He travels with a group of Africans to promote Christianty
He never went back to Scotland, so people thought that he was dead
American newspaper hired reporter
Henry Stanley
to find David Livingstone
Forces Driving Imperialism
Belief in European Superiority
Racism
A belief that one race is superior to others
Many Europeans think that they are better than other people
Social Darwinism
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin's idea is about evolution and natural selection were applied to human society
According to the theory, non-European are on the lower scale of cultural and physical development because they had not mad the scientific and technological progress that Europeans had
The push of expansion came from missionaries who worked to convert the peoples of Asia.
Many missionaries believed that European rule was the best way to end evil practices such as the slave trade.
Factors Promoting Imperialism in Africa
Types of Technology
Maxim Gun
Stream engines
railroads
The division of Africa
Berlin Conference Divides Africa
Berlin Conference
Berlin Conference is the conference joined by 14 European nations to spread parts of Africa.
Demands
Demand for Raw Materials Shapes Colonies
Three Groups Clash over South Africa
Zulus fight the British
Shaka
Shaka is a Zulu chief who created a large centralized state
Shaka couldn't keep its kingdom together against the British Army, so in 1887 the Zulu nation fell to British control
King Cestshwayo
Zulu and British
Zulu only have spade and shield
British have guns
Boers War
A war between British and the Dutch(Boers)
