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Colonialism

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BERLIN CONFRENCE

  • It was where Europe split Africa powers of control
  • Belgium got Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Spain claimed the smallest territory - Equatorial Guineg
  • Germany took Namibia and Tanzania

EUROPEAN IMPRIALISM

  • They made spheres of influence for themselves
  • They took away many of the raw materials.
  • They used bloody conflict to get power
  • They wanted trade and materials

IMPERIALISTIC METHODS

  • They where able to get through the mid part of Africa with steam ships
  • The machine gunwale a major gun that won most of Africa
  • Most Europeans used indirect rule
  • Artistocrats rule most of the colonies

DECOLONIZING

  • Civil wars gave freedom to Africa
  • The wars fought where very bloody
  • The colonization destroyed Africa's infrastructure
  • They used European guns to strike back

LASTING EFFECTS

  • Some of Africa's nations have terrible civil wars going on
  • The raw resources are reduced by a percent
  • Bad rulers are coming into power
  • Different ethnic groups are coming together as countries and that is a very very bad thing