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    By the late 1800s, European powers had claimed control over most of Africa through imperialism. Imperialism involves the domination of one country over another. In the early 1800s, Africa consisted of hundreds of ethnic groups across diverse landscapes, but Europeans only controlled 10% of the continent. However, European contact increased as explorers mapped Africa and missionaries followed. New technologies like guns and the cure for malaria enabled Europeans to further exert control over Africa. At the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885, European nations divided Africa without input from Africans. They competed for control of the continent to exploit resources like minerals, cash crops, and for national prestige. While Africans resisted European domination, they were

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    By the late 1800s, European powers had claimed control over most of Africa through imperialism. Imperialism involves the domination of one country over another. In the early 1800s, Africa consisted of hundreds of ethnic groups across diverse landscapes, but Europeans only controlled 10% of the continent. However, European contact increased as explorers mapped Africa and missionaries followed. New technologies like guns and the cure for malaria enabled Europeans to further exert control over Africa. At the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885, European nations divided Africa without input from Africans. They competed for control of the continent to exploit resources like minerals, cash crops, and for national prestige. While Africans resisted European domination, they were

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    Essential Question: How Did The Imperialist European Powers Claim Control Over Most of Africa by The End of The 1800's?

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    By the late 1800s, European powers had claimed control over most of Africa through imperialism. Imperialism involves the domination of one country over another. In the early 1800s, Africa consisted of hundreds of ethnic groups across diverse landscapes, but Europeans only controlled 10% of the continent. However, European contact increased as explorers mapped Africa and missionaries followed. New technologies like guns and the cure for malaria enabled Europeans to further exert control over Africa. At the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885, European nations divided Africa without input from Africans. They competed for control of the continent to exploit resources like minerals, cash crops, and for national prestige. While Africans resisted European domination, they were

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    Essential Question: How did the imperialist

    European powers claim control over most of


    Africa by the end of the 1800’s?
    IMPERIALISM – TAKEOVER OF
    A COUNTRY OR TERRITORY BY
    A STRONGER NATION FOR THE
    PURPOSE OF DOMINATION.
    AFRICA IN THE EARLY 1800’S (BEFORE IMPERIALISM)
     Hundreds of ethnic groups
     Over 1,000 languages
     Northern and Eastern Africa
    predominately Islamic
     Higher literacy rates
     Less fighting
     1880: Europeans only controlled
    10 percent.
     Why was Africa able to keep
    Europe out?
     Powerful African armies
     Difficult geography
     Networks of African traders
    AFRICA IN THE EARLY 1800’S CONT
    Impact of Slave Trade
    Early 1800’s many
    European countries
    outlawed slavery
    East African slave trade
    continued to Asia
    Sierra Leone was
    established as a colony
    for former slaves
    U.S. created Liberia for
    former slaves
    EUROPEAN CONTACT INCREASES
    Explorers pushed into Africa –
    making Maps
     Missionaries followed the
    explorers
     Built schools and medical clinics
    Dr. Livingstone –
     Wrote about many African
    peoples
     Opposed slave trade
     Only way to end it = let the
    Christians in Scottish
     Left a trail for other Europeans to Explorer
    follow
    Dr. Livingstone
    FORCES ENABLING IMPERIALISM
    European technology:
    Maxim gun, steam
    engine, railroads
    Cure for malaria -
    quinine
    Internal factors in Africa:
    the variety of languages
    and cultures lead to
    ethnic strife, no unity;
    lead to WAR
    BERLIN CONFERENCE: 1884-1885
     King Leopold of Belgium
    once referred to Africa as
    the “Great African Pie”
     14 European nations meet
    (No African rulers attended)
     Laiddown rules for division
    of Africa
     Must have a gov’t office
     Must allow free trade

     No concern for Africans


    AFRICA
    1850

    Africa
    1914
    WHY AFRICA?
     Europeans
    developed cash crop
    plantations for –
    peanuts, palm oil,
    cocoa, & rubber - to
    sell on the market

     Majorsource of
    wealth was
    minerals –
    diamonds, gold,
    copper, & tin
    GROUPS CLASH OVER SOUTH AFRICA
    Three main groups –
    Africans, British and Dutch
    They fought for land &
    resources (diamonds &
    gold)
    Europeans fight Africans

    Europeans fight Long Tom Gun – Boer War


    Europeans
     Boers (Dutch farmers)
    clash with British –
    Boer War
    AFRICAN RESISTANCE
     African’s resisted,
    but Europeans had
    superior weapons.

     Ethiopia: Only
    African nation to
    successfully resist
    European
    domination
    (Menelik II)

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