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Effects of European exploration
European footholds
potugal was the first European power to gain a foothold
the ships and men were small but the firepower was big and unmatched this unmatched power helped them take control of a lot
Following portuguese example several European powers had established forts along the western coast
Europeans did it different instead of temporary foothold they made preferment fort holds
They established fort across the western cost of Africa Europeans took over the Portuguese forts as they had weekend and power declined
Dutch immigrants had arrived at the southern tip of Africa and built a settlement called cape town the first permanent European settlement
Dutch farmers called borers settled around cape town over time they had ousted enslaved or killed the other people who lived there
the borers didn't respect their claims on the land and looked down on them
in the 1700s boer herders and ivory hunters pushed north and had started to migrate farther out into africa
over the next century European exportation of Africa would explode
New African states
Asante kingdom run by military leader osei tutu
he conquered neighboring people and unified asante kingdom
The Asante kingdom had an enemy who was more powerful the Denkyera he realized his people needed to be more unified to defeat them so he claimed his right to rule came from the heavens
slaves trade had major effect on African states in the 1600s and 1700s in west africa
loss of countless young women and men resulted in some small states disappearing forever
at the same time as loosing states new states arose and adapted to slave trade and depended on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa
rulers of the new states waged war against other African states to try to take over them and make them the same and dominate slave trade
The oyo empire arose from successive waves of settlement by the Yoruba people of present day Nigeria
Originally was a small forest kingdome begining in late 1600s the leaders used the wealth from slave trade to build up an impressive army
The oyo empire used the army to conquer the neighboring kingdome dahomeu at the same time it continued to gain wealth by tradingg at the port City of Porto-novo
slave trade
1500s 160s slaves were the most important item viewed by Europeans
existed since ancient times
often enslaved defeated foes
the word slave comes from the large number of slaves taken from southern Russia to work as unpaid laborers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajI8lkYdmAk
brought mostly for work on plantations as well as exotic household workers
slaves were viewed as property
early voice raised against slave trade Affonso 1 ruler of Kongo in west central Africa had been tutored by Portuguese missionaries who hoped to convert Africans to Christianity
1700s another person tried to end slavery he was the alamany of FUTA toro however Europeans found a way around it
