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Scramble for Africa 1880-1900

Scramble for Africa 1880-1900. The Scramble for Africa. Rapid colonization of continent by European powers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw12KGSj53k&feature=related. Geography of Arica. Continent – not a country Continent is three times larger than Europe Northern Africa – desert

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Scramble for Africa 1880-1900

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  1. Scramble for Africa1880-1900

  2. The Scramble for Africa • Rapid colonization of continent by European powers • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw12KGSj53k&feature=related

  3. Geography of Arica • Continent – not a country • Continent is three times larger than Europe • Northern Africa – desert • Mid-to-southern Africa – diverse climates and topography

  4. Geography of Arica • mid-1800s before colonization African peoples were divided into hundreds of ethnic and linguistic groups • Europeans had contact with sub-Saharan peoples, but large African armies kept Europeans out of Africa for 400 years.

  5. Geography of Arica • European travel was hindered by difficult rivers and African diseases like malaria • Europeans who did penetrate the interior of Africa were explorers, missionaries, or humanitarians who opposed the slave trade • Travel books, newspapers, and magazines encouraged interest in Africa

  6. FOREIGN HISTORY IN AFRICA • Greeks controlled Egypt after conquest by Alexander the Great • Ptolemaic dynasty • Romans ruled all areas along the Mediterranean coastline, including northern Africa • Mediterranean – “Roman lake” • Arab traders converted many Africans to Islam from the 7th century • Source of slaves for the Americas from the 17th century • But little foreign interest in the interior of sub-Saharan Africa

  7. The “OPENING UP” OF AFRICA • Mid-1800s • Missionaries and explorers sparked foreign interest in Africa

  8. The Scramble for Africa • “Dark Continent” – racist terminology referred to both the peoples of Africa and their alleged ignorance • In reality, Africa has always had diverse groups of people with their own unique cultures and histories • Civilizations • Languages • Religions

  9. The Scramble for Africa • Bringing civilization to “savages” • Benefiting natives • Taught superiority of European way of life, backwardness of African

  10. DAVID LIVINGSTONE (1813-1873) • Scottish missionary • 1841-1873 – lived in central Africa • Explored Africa • Named Lake Victoria after the British queen • Converted many Africans to Christianity • Wrote books on Africa which piqued foreign interest • 1871 – reported “lost” • “Found” by Henry Stanley • “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

  11. HENRY STANLEY (1841-1904) • Welsh-American reporter • “Found” Dr. Livingstone in Africa • “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” • Explored Africa • Congo River • Lake Tanganyika • Lake Victoria • Worked with Belgium’s King Leopold II and his African colonization company • International African Society

  12. KARL PETERS (1856-1918) • German explorer in Africa • Organized and propagandized for Germany’s colonial expansion • Founded the Society for German Colonization • Acquired German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania) • Convinced Otto von Bismarck to take over German East Africa and increase Germany’s colonies in Africa

  13. CECIL RHODES (1853-1902) • British businessman and politician in southern Africa • Made a fortune from African diamond mines • Established South African Company • Land later became Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) • Prime minister of Cape Colony (1890-1896) • Wanted British control over South Africa • Wanted Cape-to-Cairo Railroad • Architect of British imperialism in southern Africa • Great Britain became leading colonial power in southern Africa

  14. CECIL RHODES (1853-1902)

  15. KING LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM (1835-1909) Congo • Took over land in central Africa • Berlin Conference (1885) • Leopold’s control over Congo Free State recognized by major powers • Belgian Congo (1908) • Leopold criticized for the cruelty of his rule in the Congo • Leopold forced to sell Congo Free State to Belgian government • Renamed Belgian Congo • Created European race for African colonies – “Scramble for Africa” • Diamonds, foodstuffs, gold, ivory, rubber

  16. BRITISH IN SOUTHERN AFRICA • 1815 – British took Cape Colony from the Dutch • Boers moved north • Transvaal • 1886 – gold discovered and British moved in • 1881 and 1895 – British attempted to take Transvaal from the Boers • Orange Free State • Boer War (1899-1892) • Dutch led by President Paul Kruger • British won

  17. Forces Driving Imperialism in Africa • The industrial revolution • Looking for new markets and raw materials • European Superiority • Racism- they are better then everyone • Social Darwinism- survival of the fittest • To civilize and westernize the people • Advances in technology • Machine guns (Maxim), steam engines, a drug created in 1829 to protect them from malaria • Africa had no Unity • Europeans used the rival groups against each other.

  18. The Division of Africa • GOLD! DIAMONDS! Europeans colonize more!!! • Berlin Conference 1884-1885 • 14 European countries met • Decided on how to divide the continent • **no African King was invited and they paid little attention to different ethnic and linguistic differences. • Demand for raw materials

  19. Berlin Conference • 1884-1885 regulated European colonization & trade in Africa • Called by Portugal • Organized by Otto von Bismark (1st Chancellor of Germany)

  20. Berlin Conference • Africans not invited or made aware of decisions

  21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6w8m0DK3hc

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