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The document discusses the colonization of Africa by European powers between the 1500s-1800s. It led to the partitioning of Africa at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, dividing the continent among European nations. This had both positive and negative impacts. Positively, it ended tribal warfare and introduced modern concepts. However, it also economically crippled Africa and left a legacy of oppression by imposing European rule and exploiting African land and resources for European gain.

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Colonization on the African Continent T-Dawg, 2008
The “Scramble for Africa” had originally been made regardless of indigenous (existing) ethnic diversity. The boundaries created by Europeans led to civil wars among Africans -Why would this cause fighting?
Early Africa saw the rise of powerful empires and city states that became important cultural centers From the 1500’s to the 1800’s  Europeans explored the continent (missionaries + maps)  Enslaved many Africans  Sent them to other parts of the world -Where were they going?
RReessiisstt oorr SSuubbmmiitt??  TThhiinnkk aabboouutt tthhee ffoolllloowwiinngg:: – YYoouu aarree aass yyoouu aarree:: yyoouunngg mmaann oorr yyoouunngg wwoommaann.. – AA ggrroouupp ooff ppeeooppllee hhaavvee ccoommee iinnttoo yyoouurr llaanndd aanndd hhoommeess aanndd ddeemmaannddeedd yyoouu ttoo ggiivvee uupp yyoouurr rriigghhttss aanndd bbeeccoommee ssllaavveess,, oorr ddiiee.. TThheeyy hhaavvee ssuuppeerriioorr wweeaappoonnss.. – YYoouu hhaavvee ppaarreennttss,, ssiibblliinnggss,, ffrriieennddss,, eettcc.. – IIff yyoouu ssuubbmmiitt,, yyoouu wwiillll lliivvee bbuutt yyoouu wwiillll lloossee yyoouurr rriigghhttss  LLiiffee wwiillll bbee hhaarrdd.. YYoouu wwiillll bbee ffoorrcceedd ttoo wwoorrkk ffoorr tthheemm aanndd tthheeyy wwiillll ttaakkee aallll ooff yyoouurr ppoosssseessssiioonnss aanndd mmoonneeyy.. – IIff yyoouu cchhoossee ttoo rreessiisstt::  YYoouu wwiillll ffiigghhtt aa lloossiinngg bbaattttllee.. EEvveenn iiff yyoouu ddoo nnoott ddiiee,, yyoouurr ffrriieennddss aanndd ffaammiillyy wwiillll..  WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu ddoo?? RReessiisstt oorr CCoollllaabboorraattee??
Commercial greed, territorial ambition, and political rivalry fuelled the European take over of Africa. This resulted in Africa's partition (division of land on the continent) at the West African Conference in Berlin November, 1884 through February,1885. The process became known as "The Scramble for Africa". This conference would avoid a European conflict/war that might arise from claims. The “Scramble for Africa” had the effect of defusing and displacing tensions between the European powers in Europe. However, the tradeoffs and alliances could not disguise the fact that Imperial Germany was on a collision course with Britain and France resulting in WWI. -Why is this?
Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 The West African Conference in Berlin to divide the African Continent among the European nations.
France Great Britain Belgium Spain Italy Germany Portugal Independent
Industrial Revolution Source for Raw Materials Markets for Finished Goods European Nationalism Missionary Activity Military & Naval Bases European Motives For Colonization Places to dump Unwanted/Excess Population Social & Economic Opportunities Humanitarian Reasons Social Darwinism EEuurrooppeeaann RRaacciissmm “White Man’s Burden”
Europe felt depleted of natural resources needed for industrialization. Many of the nations had an interest in the raw materials found in Africa. Foreign trade increased Africa has some of the world’s largest deposits of gold, diamonds, and copper. Oil is found in western and central Africa.
HHooww DDiidd EEuurrooppeeaannss GGeett LLaanndd??  AAddvvaanncceemmeennttss iinn EExxpplloorraattiioonn,, MMeeddiicciinnee ((QQuuiinniinnee)) aanndd TTeecchhnnoollooggyy ((WWeeaappoonnss))  TTwwoo MMeetthhooddss:: – TTaakkee TThhrroouugghh FFoorrccee  SSuuppeerriioorr wweeaappoonnss ((rreeppeeaatteerr rriifflleess aanndd ggaattlliinngg gguunnss)) ttoo tthhee AAffrriiccaann bboowwss aanndd ssppeeaarrss – TTaakkee TThhrroouugghh TTrreeaattiieess  BBeeccoommee ““PPrrootteeccttoorraattee””  CChhiieeffss aaggrreeee ttoo ggiivvee uupp ppoowweerr  LLuuggaarrdd:: ““NNoott aa oonnee wwaass oobbttaaiinneedd lleeggaallllyy..”” – LLiiee,, sstteeaall,, cchheeaatt,, kkiillll..
BBiiooggrraapphhyy:: CCeecciill RRhhooddeess  TThhee MMaann WWhhoo BBoouugghhtt AAffrriiccaa ffoorr BBrriittaaiinn – EEaarrnneedd $$ bbyy ffrruuiitt ffaarrmmiinngg  BBoorrrroowweedd ttoo bbuuyy hhiiss ffiieelldd  CCrreeaatteedd DDee BBeeeerrss – BBeerrlliinn CCoonnffeerreennccee  CCoonnvviinncceedd BBrriittaaiinn ttoo ttaakkee ssmmaalllleerr aarreeaass rriicchh iinn ddiiaammoonnddss.. – PPuusshheedd wwoorrkkeerrss ttoo tthhee mmaaxx  FFiirrmm rraacciisstt ((wwhhiitteess ssuuppeerriioorr))  WWhhiitteess:: EEaassyy jjoobbss  BBllaacckkss:: WWoorrkk iinn mmiinneess  MMiilllliioonnss wwoorrkkeedd ttoo ddeeaatthh!!
Mineral Resources  Gold  Copper  Diamond  Iron  Bauxite  Phosphate  Cobalt  Manganese
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EXAMPLES OF CASH CROPS Coffee Rubber Cotton Kapok Sugar Tea
CChheecckk ffoorr UUnnddeerrssttaannddiinngg WWhhyy ddiidd AAffrriiccaa ggeett ddiivviiddeedd uupp bbeettwweeeenn EEuurrooppeeaann CCoouunnttrriieess?? – WWhhoo hhaadd tthhee mmoosstt llaanndd?? WWhhoo hhaadd tthhee hhiigghheesstt qquuaalliittyy llaanndd?? WWhhoo wwaass uuppsseett aabboouutt ggeettttiinngg tthhee lleeaasstt?? WWhhyy ddiidd EEuurrooppeeaannss wwaanntt AAffrriiccaann LLaanndd?? – WWhhaatt wwaass tthheerree?? HHooww ddiidd tthheeyy ggeett iitt?? WWhhoo wwaass mmaaddee rriicchh??
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Colonization
Positives Negatives Tribal warfare was ended by the colonial administrators. The European colonial powers established their law and order over large areas of the continent. Introduced different and modern ideas of education, government, and economics “the Scramble” prevented the formation of a unified national spirit necessary to start a new independent country. Left a legacy of oppression and economically crippled the regions of Africa.
Schools were established and some African students attended universities abroad. The missionaries wrote the languages and made dictionaries for the many native languages that had only been passed by oral tradition.
By the end of the 19th century Europeans were straddling the continent with railways and roads. This made it possible to take control – politically and commercially. Colonial rulers built railroads, but the tracks ran north and south to carry raw materials to ports. Few rail lines went into the interior of the continent. Positives Colonial rulers built railroads. Negatives
Positive Medical and sanitary changes were provided by the Europeans
Colonial policies turned Africans into wage earners or cash-crop farmers. Hundreds of thousands of Africans were hired and trained to operate machines for getting minerals to surface. The profits of all trade and manufacturing was not invested in Africa. Money was needed (by the Africans) to pay taxes to the colonial rulers. Many Africans became economically dependent on European trade. Positives Negatives
LLiiffee UUnnddeerr CCoolloonniizzeedd RRuullee  WWhhiittee SSeettttlleerr RReeggiioonnss – AArreeaass wwhheerree EEuurrooppeeaannss wweerree vveerryy pprreesseenntt aanndd iinn cchhaarrggee  AArreeaass rruulleedd bbyy BBeellggiiuumm,, PPoorrttuuggaall – LLiiffee wwaass mmoosstt bbrruuttaall..  LLaabboorr,, ppuunniisshhmmeenntt,, ttaaxxeess.. – NNoo ooppppoorrttuunniittyy ttoo ssuucccceeeedd..  NNoo cchhooiicceess,, nnoo lliiffee..  NNoonn--WWhhiittee SSeettttlleerr RReeggiioonnss – AArreeaass wwhheerree EEuurrooppeeaannss ppuutt AAffrriiccaannss iinn cchhaarrggee aanndd wweerree nnoott aass pprreesseenntt..  AArreeaass ccoolloonniizzeedd bbyy BBrriittaaiinn aanndd FFrraannccee – LLiiffee wwaass bbaadd,, bbuutt eeaassiieerr  FFrreeeeddoomm…… iiff yyoouu llaabboorreedd aanndd ppaaiidd yyoouurr ttaaxxeess..  PPoossssiibbllee ffoorr AAffrriiccaannss ttoo ggeett aahheeaadd iinn lliiffee.. – AAbbllee ttoo cchhoossee wwhhaatt ttoo ggrrooww ((mmaarrkkeett eeccoonnoommyy))..
PPuusshh ffoorr IInnddeeppeennddeennccee  AAffrriiccaannss ffoouugghhtt wwiitthh EEuurrooppeeaannss iinn bbootthh WWoorrlldd WWaarr II && IIII..  WWWWIIII-- ““AA wwaarr ttoo mmaakkee tthhee wwoorrlldd ssaaffee ffoorr ddeemmooccrraaccyy aanndd ffrreeeeddoomm..””  AAffrriiccaannss-- ““WWhhaatt aabboouutt uuss??”” – MMoovveemmeennttss ssttaarrtt aatt ““ggrraassssrroooottss”” lleevveell – SSoommeettiimmeess mmuullttiippllee mmoovveemmeennttss iinn tthhee ssaammee ccoouunnttrryy..  SSoommee aarreeaass wweerree vveerryy bbllooooddyy,, ssoommee wweerree ppeeaacceeffuull..
Political independence did not bring economic independence. African countries continued to export agricultural and mineral products to their former rulers. There was little money to build factories. The profits of all trade and manufacturing were not invested in Africa – and most of the profits or benefits went to Europeans instead of Africans.
Many African countries depended on a single export crop which was RISKY By not DIVERSIFYING a country leaves itself open to large LOSSES when the price of a product falls on the world market.
CChheecckk FFoorr UUnnddeerrssttaannddiinngg 22 WWhhaatt wweerree ssoommee ppoossiittiivvee aassppeeccttss ooff ccoolloonniizzaattiioonn?? WWhhaatt wwaass nneeggaattiivvee?? WWhhyy wwoouulldd rraaiillrrooaaddss bbee bbootthh ppoossiittiivvee aanndd nneeggaattiivvee?? WWhhyy iiss ccaasshh ccrrooppppiinngg aa ppoossiittiivvee aanndd aa nneeggaattiivvee tthhiinngg??  HHooww ccoouulldd lliiffee bbee ddiiffffeerreenntt ddeeppeennddiinngg oonn tthhee EEuurrooppeeaann nnaattiioonn wwhhiicchh rruulleedd?? WWhhyy ddiidd WWoorrlldd WWaarr IIII eennccoouurraaggee iinnddeeppeennddeennccee??

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African colonization powerpoint

  • 1. Colonization on the African Continent T-Dawg, 2008
  • 2. The “Scramble for Africa” had originally been made regardless of indigenous (existing) ethnic diversity. The boundaries created by Europeans led to civil wars among Africans -Why would this cause fighting?
  • 3. Early Africa saw the rise of powerful empires and city states that became important cultural centers From the 1500’s to the 1800’s  Europeans explored the continent (missionaries + maps)  Enslaved many Africans  Sent them to other parts of the world -Where were they going?
  • 4. RReessiisstt oorr SSuubbmmiitt??  TThhiinnkk aabboouutt tthhee ffoolllloowwiinngg:: – YYoouu aarree aass yyoouu aarree:: yyoouunngg mmaann oorr yyoouunngg wwoommaann.. – AA ggrroouupp ooff ppeeooppllee hhaavvee ccoommee iinnttoo yyoouurr llaanndd aanndd hhoommeess aanndd ddeemmaannddeedd yyoouu ttoo ggiivvee uupp yyoouurr rriigghhttss aanndd bbeeccoommee ssllaavveess,, oorr ddiiee.. TThheeyy hhaavvee ssuuppeerriioorr wweeaappoonnss.. – YYoouu hhaavvee ppaarreennttss,, ssiibblliinnggss,, ffrriieennddss,, eettcc.. – IIff yyoouu ssuubbmmiitt,, yyoouu wwiillll lliivvee bbuutt yyoouu wwiillll lloossee yyoouurr rriigghhttss  LLiiffee wwiillll bbee hhaarrdd.. YYoouu wwiillll bbee ffoorrcceedd ttoo wwoorrkk ffoorr tthheemm aanndd tthheeyy wwiillll ttaakkee aallll ooff yyoouurr ppoosssseessssiioonnss aanndd mmoonneeyy.. – IIff yyoouu cchhoossee ttoo rreessiisstt::  YYoouu wwiillll ffiigghhtt aa lloossiinngg bbaattttllee.. EEvveenn iiff yyoouu ddoo nnoott ddiiee,, yyoouurr ffrriieennddss aanndd ffaammiillyy wwiillll..  WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu ddoo?? RReessiisstt oorr CCoollllaabboorraattee??
  • 5. Commercial greed, territorial ambition, and political rivalry fuelled the European take over of Africa. This resulted in Africa's partition (division of land on the continent) at the West African Conference in Berlin November, 1884 through February,1885. The process became known as "The Scramble for Africa". This conference would avoid a European conflict/war that might arise from claims. The “Scramble for Africa” had the effect of defusing and displacing tensions between the European powers in Europe. However, the tradeoffs and alliances could not disguise the fact that Imperial Germany was on a collision course with Britain and France resulting in WWI. -Why is this?
  • 6. Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 The West African Conference in Berlin to divide the African Continent among the European nations.
  • 7. France Great Britain Belgium Spain Italy Germany Portugal Independent
  • 8. Industrial Revolution Source for Raw Materials Markets for Finished Goods European Nationalism Missionary Activity Military & Naval Bases European Motives For Colonization Places to dump Unwanted/Excess Population Social & Economic Opportunities Humanitarian Reasons Social Darwinism EEuurrooppeeaann RRaacciissmm “White Man’s Burden”
  • 9. Europe felt depleted of natural resources needed for industrialization. Many of the nations had an interest in the raw materials found in Africa. Foreign trade increased Africa has some of the world’s largest deposits of gold, diamonds, and copper. Oil is found in western and central Africa.
  • 10. HHooww DDiidd EEuurrooppeeaannss GGeett LLaanndd??  AAddvvaanncceemmeennttss iinn EExxpplloorraattiioonn,, MMeeddiicciinnee ((QQuuiinniinnee)) aanndd TTeecchhnnoollooggyy ((WWeeaappoonnss))  TTwwoo MMeetthhooddss:: – TTaakkee TThhrroouugghh FFoorrccee  SSuuppeerriioorr wweeaappoonnss ((rreeppeeaatteerr rriifflleess aanndd ggaattlliinngg gguunnss)) ttoo tthhee AAffrriiccaann bboowwss aanndd ssppeeaarrss – TTaakkee TThhrroouugghh TTrreeaattiieess  BBeeccoommee ““PPrrootteeccttoorraattee””  CChhiieeffss aaggrreeee ttoo ggiivvee uupp ppoowweerr  LLuuggaarrdd:: ““NNoott aa oonnee wwaass oobbttaaiinneedd lleeggaallllyy..”” – LLiiee,, sstteeaall,, cchheeaatt,, kkiillll..
  • 11. BBiiooggrraapphhyy:: CCeecciill RRhhooddeess  TThhee MMaann WWhhoo BBoouugghhtt AAffrriiccaa ffoorr BBrriittaaiinn – EEaarrnneedd $$ bbyy ffrruuiitt ffaarrmmiinngg  BBoorrrroowweedd ttoo bbuuyy hhiiss ffiieelldd  CCrreeaatteedd DDee BBeeeerrss – BBeerrlliinn CCoonnffeerreennccee  CCoonnvviinncceedd BBrriittaaiinn ttoo ttaakkee ssmmaalllleerr aarreeaass rriicchh iinn ddiiaammoonnddss.. – PPuusshheedd wwoorrkkeerrss ttoo tthhee mmaaxx  FFiirrmm rraacciisstt ((wwhhiitteess ssuuppeerriioorr))  WWhhiitteess:: EEaassyy jjoobbss  BBllaacckkss:: WWoorrkk iinn mmiinneess  MMiilllliioonnss wwoorrkkeedd ttoo ddeeaatthh!!
  • 12. Mineral Resources  Gold  Copper  Diamond  Iron  Bauxite  Phosphate  Cobalt  Manganese
  • 14. EXAMPLES OF CASH CROPS Coffee Rubber Cotton Kapok Sugar Tea
  • 15. CChheecckk ffoorr UUnnddeerrssttaannddiinngg WWhhyy ddiidd AAffrriiccaa ggeett ddiivviiddeedd uupp bbeettwweeeenn EEuurrooppeeaann CCoouunnttrriieess?? – WWhhoo hhaadd tthhee mmoosstt llaanndd?? WWhhoo hhaadd tthhee hhiigghheesstt qquuaalliittyy llaanndd?? WWhhoo wwaass uuppsseett aabboouutt ggeettttiinngg tthhee lleeaasstt?? WWhhyy ddiidd EEuurrooppeeaannss wwaanntt AAffrriiccaann LLaanndd?? – WWhhaatt wwaass tthheerree?? HHooww ddiidd tthheeyy ggeett iitt?? WWhhoo wwaass mmaaddee rriicchh??
  • 16. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Colonization
  • 17. Positives Negatives Tribal warfare was ended by the colonial administrators. The European colonial powers established their law and order over large areas of the continent. Introduced different and modern ideas of education, government, and economics “the Scramble” prevented the formation of a unified national spirit necessary to start a new independent country. Left a legacy of oppression and economically crippled the regions of Africa.
  • 18. Schools were established and some African students attended universities abroad. The missionaries wrote the languages and made dictionaries for the many native languages that had only been passed by oral tradition.
  • 19. By the end of the 19th century Europeans were straddling the continent with railways and roads. This made it possible to take control – politically and commercially. Colonial rulers built railroads, but the tracks ran north and south to carry raw materials to ports. Few rail lines went into the interior of the continent. Positives Colonial rulers built railroads. Negatives
  • 20. Positive Medical and sanitary changes were provided by the Europeans
  • 21. Colonial policies turned Africans into wage earners or cash-crop farmers. Hundreds of thousands of Africans were hired and trained to operate machines for getting minerals to surface. The profits of all trade and manufacturing was not invested in Africa. Money was needed (by the Africans) to pay taxes to the colonial rulers. Many Africans became economically dependent on European trade. Positives Negatives
  • 22. LLiiffee UUnnddeerr CCoolloonniizzeedd RRuullee  WWhhiittee SSeettttlleerr RReeggiioonnss – AArreeaass wwhheerree EEuurrooppeeaannss wweerree vveerryy pprreesseenntt aanndd iinn cchhaarrggee  AArreeaass rruulleedd bbyy BBeellggiiuumm,, PPoorrttuuggaall – LLiiffee wwaass mmoosstt bbrruuttaall..  LLaabboorr,, ppuunniisshhmmeenntt,, ttaaxxeess.. – NNoo ooppppoorrttuunniittyy ttoo ssuucccceeeedd..  NNoo cchhooiicceess,, nnoo lliiffee..  NNoonn--WWhhiittee SSeettttlleerr RReeggiioonnss – AArreeaass wwhheerree EEuurrooppeeaannss ppuutt AAffrriiccaannss iinn cchhaarrggee aanndd wweerree nnoott aass pprreesseenntt..  AArreeaass ccoolloonniizzeedd bbyy BBrriittaaiinn aanndd FFrraannccee – LLiiffee wwaass bbaadd,, bbuutt eeaassiieerr  FFrreeeeddoomm…… iiff yyoouu llaabboorreedd aanndd ppaaiidd yyoouurr ttaaxxeess..  PPoossssiibbllee ffoorr AAffrriiccaannss ttoo ggeett aahheeaadd iinn lliiffee.. – AAbbllee ttoo cchhoossee wwhhaatt ttoo ggrrooww ((mmaarrkkeett eeccoonnoommyy))..
  • 23. PPuusshh ffoorr IInnddeeppeennddeennccee  AAffrriiccaannss ffoouugghhtt wwiitthh EEuurrooppeeaannss iinn bbootthh WWoorrlldd WWaarr II && IIII..  WWWWIIII-- ““AA wwaarr ttoo mmaakkee tthhee wwoorrlldd ssaaffee ffoorr ddeemmooccrraaccyy aanndd ffrreeeeddoomm..””  AAffrriiccaannss-- ““WWhhaatt aabboouutt uuss??”” – MMoovveemmeennttss ssttaarrtt aatt ““ggrraassssrroooottss”” lleevveell – SSoommeettiimmeess mmuullttiippllee mmoovveemmeennttss iinn tthhee ssaammee ccoouunnttrryy..  SSoommee aarreeaass wweerree vveerryy bbllooooddyy,, ssoommee wweerree ppeeaacceeffuull..
  • 24. Political independence did not bring economic independence. African countries continued to export agricultural and mineral products to their former rulers. There was little money to build factories. The profits of all trade and manufacturing were not invested in Africa – and most of the profits or benefits went to Europeans instead of Africans.
  • 25. Many African countries depended on a single export crop which was RISKY By not DIVERSIFYING a country leaves itself open to large LOSSES when the price of a product falls on the world market.
  • 26. CChheecckk FFoorr UUnnddeerrssttaannddiinngg 22 WWhhaatt wweerree ssoommee ppoossiittiivvee aassppeeccttss ooff ccoolloonniizzaattiioonn?? WWhhaatt wwaass nneeggaattiivvee?? WWhhyy wwoouulldd rraaiillrrooaaddss bbee bbootthh ppoossiittiivvee aanndd nneeggaattiivvee?? WWhhyy iiss ccaasshh ccrrooppppiinngg aa ppoossiittiivvee aanndd aa nneeggaattiivvee tthhiinngg??  HHooww ccoouulldd lliiffee bbee ddiiffffeerreenntt ddeeppeennddiinngg oonn tthhee EEuurrooppeeaann nnaattiioonn wwhhiicchh rruulleedd?? WWhhyy ddiidd WWoorrlldd WWaarr IIII eennccoouurraaggee iinnddeeppeennddeennccee??