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11/12.1/2 - Imperialism

Africa Before European Domination

  • Europeans could not reach the center of Africa because of disease
    • Disease affected humans and horses
  • Africans were much better at fighting than Europeans
  • River system was hard to navigate

David Livingstone

  • A Christian missionary
  • Reaches the interior of the Congo
  • No one hears anything from him for a decade
  • Henry Stanley - an American journalist - finds David Livingstone who says that he loves the culture of Africa and decided to stay

King Leopold

  • King Leopold is brought into the country to supposedly “Spread Christianity and stop the slave trade”
  • Kills, enslaves, and exploits the Congo
  • Belgium colonizers the Congo after removing Leopold from power
  • After this, all nations want to go to Africa

Motives For European Imperialism

  • Believed that they were the best nation in the world and that the natives were barbaric - Social
  • Viewed Africa as a land of problems and wanted to bring their own government to the location - Political
  • Africa was very wealthy and Europe wanted to get more resources and dominate new markets - Economic

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