AFRICAN IMPERIAL AND COLONIALISM

BERLIN CONFERENCE

• It regulated the European colonization of Africa
• It could be seen as the formulation of the Scramble for Africa
• Ushered in time of colonial activity from Europe
• It eliminated the then current borders of the African continent

EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM

• The felt they could just go into Africa and take it over because they thought they were superior
• They wanted to begin controlling the raw materials in Africa
• Much fighting was needed in Africa to come through taking it over
• The turning point was the invention of the machine gun

IMPERIALISTIC METHODS

• Go into and try to force there rule and ideas on the people
• Could bring diseases to sicken the population of Africa
• They needed wars to completely begin to control Africa
• They would rule indirectly, through administrators

END OF COLONIALISM

• Some rebelled
• WWII caused much of the end of the colonialism period
• Allies felt they needed to set example for the rest of world
• UN opened possibilities for independence

LASTING EFFECTS

• Borders broke ethnic and cultural groups
• Inexperienced leaders were corrupt and abused there power
• Decreased possibilities of educational development
• Caused civil wars, genocides, and overall civil unrest in the countries