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Nature and Purpose of the 'Scramble for Africa - Coggle Diagram
Nature and Purpose of the 'Scramble for Africa
Britain
Fueled by competition
France and Germany
Did not want other countries to take control of resource rich Africa
Wanted to take control of as much of Africa as possible
Americans were heavily critical of Britain
France
Controlled coastal regions of Senegal
Had begun moving inwards into Africa
Palm oil
Timber
Germany
Bismarck wanted to focus more on domestic security
Form alliances with other European nations
Avoid unnecessary conflict
Participated in imperialism because Bismarck was pressured by industrialist and businessmen
What began as a game for logic ended in a decent for overseas possesions
Belgium
King Leopold wanted to enhance the prestige of his country
Had taken over the enormous Congo Basin
Saw it as an enormous financial advantage, raw rubber
Portugal
Determined not be left behind
Angola and Mozambique