Imperialism In Africa Dbq

The Europeans colonized colonized many parts of the world but the most colonized was the continent Africa. The European explorers started imperializing Africa after exploring into the interior of Africa and finding the resources that African countries had. What is imperialism? Imperialism is the policy of taking control of another country. There were three main reasons for European imperialism in Africa: Political reasons, technology, and economic reasons.

During the European Scramble for Africa, in the early 20th century, Africans had a peaceful reaction with anti-imperialistic sentiments (docs. 2, 3, 4, and 7), peaceful actions through the approach of diplomacy (docs.1, 2, and 3) and also a rebellious anti-imperialistic reaction (docs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) towards the Scramble for Africa.

Document A can be used to explain a driving force behind European imperialism in Africa because it shows where and what the Europeans were competing for. The final driving force behind imperialism was technological advances. Document C is a chart that shows when the technological development was invented and what the use and significance was for each invention. Most of the technology in the chart was invented in the 19th centry. One of the inventions which was the method of getting quinine from cinchona tree bark cured a tropical diesease called Malaria, and the repeating rifle gave European armies an advantage over African armies. The most important invention was the method of getting quinine because it saved lives by treating people before they died of sickness. Document C could be used to explain the primary cause of European imperialism in Africa because they needed resources to advance their technology so they could take over Africa.Technological factors were not more of a primary cause of European imperialism in Africa than political reasons or nation pride because they believed the Africans were uncivilized and it was their duty and right to take over. The Europeans wanted to take over the world because they believed it was their right and they were helping everything to become better. Therefore the driving force behind imperialism was need for resources, political competition, and technological

     There were many reasons for the European countries to be competing against each other to gain colonies in Africa. One of the main reasons may be that Europeans believed that the

European powers shamelessly exploited the people and resources of Africa in the 19th century. They often tried to justify their actions by using ideology, religion and moralism. After the end of the African slave trade, the development of steam power, and medical discovery, European nations started exploring not only the coast but also the unmapped interior of the continent. In this essay, I will explain the main driving forces behind African Imperialism. The Western europeans countries all competed for land and resources because of their self interest. They sought natural resources, and technology gave them the ability to exploit them. The philosophy of national pride however, was the primary reason. (Main document) (Doc C, D & B)

Riches in central Africa. In what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, there was and still is a plethora of natural resources. Rubber, gold, copper, diamonds and more. That natural wealth has definitely hurt Congo in the past rather than helped. Its resources could have made it one of the wealthiest countries in the world. But yet, this future did not hold true for the Congo. At the turn of the 20th century, King Leopold II began to take notice of the central African country. (National Black United Front). King Leopold II communicated all his ideas and intentions through a speech to European missionaries. (Africa Global Network). In it, his words held the key to all things terrible. Soon, Belgium took over the Congo and began one of the

Imperialism in Africa began in the late 19th century. It began when King Leopold II began the Scramble for Africa. All of the major colonial powers went after Africa. Their goal was to gain the most wealth and to have the most territory. Having more territory and claiming valuable parts of the continent was a symbol of power. Imperialism in Africa had negative and positive consequences on both the Europeans and Africans, these can be shown through human rights issues, new industry and advancements, and wealth and influence.

The driving force of imperialism in Africa would start off to help the empires grow and keep steady economic security for the future but with conflicts on the horizon to great power

In the early 1880’s, the powers of Europe started to take control of regions in Africa and set up colonies there. In the beginning, colonization caused the Africans little harm, but before long, the Europeans started to take complete control of wherever they went. The Europeans used their advanced knowledge and technology to easily maneuver through the vast African landscape and used advanced weapons to take control of the African people and their land. The countries that claimed the most land and had the most significant effect on Africa were France, England, Belgium, and Germany. There were many reasons for the European countries to be competing against each other to gain colonies in Africa. One of the main reasons was that the

Imperialism was a time of new inventions, technology, and many other things. Imperialism had many positive things like, transportation, spread of technology, and an increase in education. Because of Imperialism transportation became a thing. Also communication with other foreign countries became a thing. Then there was an increase in education too.

diplomacy or military force. In the 20th century many European countries attempted to colonize the great continent of Africa. Europeans saw Africa as an area they would be able to profit from, as it had a great climate, good size, and some phenomenal natural resources. While the Europeans divided the continent of Africa they failed to see the possible negative effects on themselves, and the indigenous people of Africa. Their foresight was limited to only the positive outcomes.

There are several motives behind New Imperialism varying from economic, political, cultural, and ideological reasons. During this period, Africa experienced many territorial acquisitions by European powers. To them, Africa was a land to expand their power and exploit further resources. For economic reasons, European powers sought to maximize profits. This includes monopolizing over new resources, opening up new markets, and so forth. This economic expansion demanded cheap labor, so naturally slavery was the solution prompted. Slaves would be forced to labor over the production of valuable products and materials like coffee, opium, tobacco, and chocolate (New Age of Empire: Economic & Political Explanations, October, 16th). With the introduction

The Europeans all scrambled to colonize Africa for t’s raw materials and land. THey had justified it as the White Man’s burden. They believed that is was their responsibility as a more developed race to help Africa catch up in technology, government, economics etc. Rhodes even said, “-and that the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race.” (Doc, 1) With this mindset, Europeans colonized Africa and started to export raw materials such as rubber, diamonds, gold, palm oil etc. White man’s burden led to Imperialism because they thought taking over other countries was the only to help them move forward. In doing so, they also spread their power and influence throughout the world. The White man's burden was also accompanied

The economy was not the only force responsible for imperialism in Europe; another very important cause was the political aspect that related to government affairs. According to Raymond Aron, imperialism was caused by “political ambitions… the nations’ will to power… [or] glory or national greatness.” This means that Europe used imperialism because they wanted to be the most powerful force in the world and have glory over everyone else. Specifically, this political power was apparent in the French military because they had the strongest weapons, warships, soldiers, and cannons (Gian, Phantom Thanh). Therefore, they were easily able to take over other any desired country and go wherever they wanted without resistance. Furthermore, another political cause of imperialism was that many nations wanted to gain land and natural resources by taking over lesser countries. One of these unfortunate countries was Africa, as shown in a 1914 map. In it, Africa was divided into numerous territories that were ruled by seven total countries: Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Italy, and Spain (African Map in 1914). Only one territory was independent and not conquered yet, which really shows how imperialism spread all across Europe in this time period

The driving forces behind European imperialism in Africa was the Partitions of Africa, African Colonies and their exports, and Great Britain and south Saharan Africa imports and exports. During the 1800’s Africa was under many European colonies rule and certain colonies used very cruel punishments for the natives that lived there. Imperialism started as Europeans wanted to expand into new African territories. After more European colonies sailed to africa they demanded their fair share of land and started a new system to keep peace among the colonies, in order to divide them evenly. Malaria slowed down the process of seizing colonies in africa. During the transatlantic slave trade, slaves were transported and forced to do hard labor.