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Scramble for Africa. http://wfps.k12.mt.us/teachers/carmichaelg/africa2.gif. Industrial Powers race to colonies. Development in African Regions. North: Ottoman control decline West: Islamic reform movement East: Slave trade w/ Mid E continued South: Zulu nation conquered neighbors.

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  1. Scramble for Africa http://wfps.k12.mt.us/teachers/carmichaelg/africa2.gif

  2. Industrial Powers race to colonies

  3. Development in African Regions • North: Ottoman control decline • West: Islamic reform movement • East: Slave trade w/ Mid E continued • South: Zulu nation conquered neighbors

  4. Euro contact increases Burton & Nile http://www.africamission-mafr.org/mgr_livinhacgb.htm http://www.richmond.gov.uk/richard_burton.jpg Livingstone explorer & missionary http://www.africa4christ.org/Images/Africa4ChristFront.jpg http://www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org/resources/images/Life+explorations-en.jpg

  5. King Leopold II of Belgium • Arranged treaties w/African leaders • Monopolized Congo • Scramble for Africa http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Leopold_ii_garter_knight.jpg

  6. Industrial Powers race to colonies AFRICA • Christian Missionaries were the first “explorers” of Africa’s interior • Belgium sent representatives to negotiate with African chiefs • Contracts were in English • Those who refused were shot • Chiefs were forced to give up their land In the 1870s, European powers looked to fully colonize Africa. The map shows how Imperialist nations divided the continent.

  7. AFRICA Suez Canal • Connected Red & Mediterranean Seashortening trip to Asian markets • 1875 - Egyptneeded $ so they sold their share toEngland • Despite the voluntary sale, Egyptians grew angry & rebelled over foreign presence • 1882 Led to Egypt becoming a protectorate Built in 1869 w/French $ Egypt & France = Partners

  8. AFRICA Boer War Causes 1880-1881 England v. Dutch Farmers • England dedicated to expansion • British settlers in Dutch colonies outnumbered Boers • British gained control of area  new language & culture • British outlawed slavery • Boers left & founded Transvaal & Orange Free State • Diamonds were discovered in the Boers British settlers continued to move north & on Dutch controlled land

  9. AFRICA Boer War Outcomes 1880-1881 England v. Dutch Farmers • The Boers resisted British victory & practiced guerilla warfare • British arrested & imprisoned Boers • Boers finally gave up (1910) • Orange Free State & Transvaal became part of British Africa • Created the Union of South Africa From Cape to Cairo Cecil Rhodesvision of a English-speaking Empire became a reality.

  10. Berlin Conference • Free state of Congo • Free trade in Congo basin • Niger & Congo River free ship traffic • Prohibition of slave trade • If claim land, need est gov offices http://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/snyderd/MWH/Projects/mun-bc/wpe2.gif

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  12. The Scramble for Africa Liberia & Ethiopia were the only independent African Nations

  13. Scars left on Africa • Created problems between African tribes • Forced ethnic groups into same nation • Destroyed African culture • In many parts, segregation & class system based on color were introduced • Africa has yet to recover corruption, instability, violence & authoritative regimes are common

  14. Whose Next?

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