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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