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European Colonialism in Africa

European Colonialism in Africa. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. African Trade [15c-17c]. Pre-19c European Trade with Africa. European Nationalism. Source for Raw Materials. Missionary Activity. Industrial Revolution. European Motives For Colonization.

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European Colonialism in Africa

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  1. European Colonialism in Africa Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. African Trade [15c-17c]

  3. Pre-19c European Trade with Africa

  4. EuropeanNationalism Source for Raw Materials MissionaryActivity Industrial Revolution European Motives For Colonization Markets forFinishedGoods Military& NavalBases SocialDarwinism EuropeanRacism Places toDumpUnwanted/Excess Popul. HumanitarianReasons Soc. & Eco.Opportunities “WhiteMan’sBurden”

  5. European Explorers in Africa 19c  Europeans Map the Interior of Africa

  6. 19c Mysteries & Adventures

  7. 1. Where Is Dr. Livingstone? DoctorLivingstone,I Presume? Sir Henry Morton Stanley Dr. David Livingstone

  8. European Explorations in mid-19c:“The Scramble for Africa”

  9. 2. What is the Source of the Nile? Sir Richard Burton John Speke

  10. Africa in the 1880s

  11. Africa in 1914

  12. Social Darwinism

  13. The “White Man’s Burden” Rudyard Kipling

  14. The “White Man’s Burden”?

  15. The Belgian Congo: "King Leopold's Ghost"

  16. The Congo Free State orThe Belgian Congo

  17. King Leopold II:(r. 1865 – 1909)

  18. Harvesting Rubber

  19. Punishing “Lazy” Workers

  20. 5-8 Million Victims! (50% of Popul.) It is blood-curdling to see them (the soldiers) returning with the hands of the slain, and to find the hands of young children amongst the bigger ones evidencing their bravery...The rubber from this district has cost hundreds of lives, and the scenes I have witnessed, while unable to help the oppressed, have been almost enough to make me wish I were dead... This rubber traffic is steeped in blood, and if the natives were to rise and sweep every white person on the Upper Congo into eternity, there would still be left a fearful balance to their credit. -- Belgian Official

  21. Belgium’s Stranglehold on the Congo

  22. Berlin Conference of1884-1885

  23. The Struggle For South Africa

  24. Dutch Landing in 1652

  25. Shaka Zulu (1785 – 1828)

  26. Boers Clash With the Xhosa Tribes Boer Farmer

  27. The Great Trek, 1836-38 Afrikaners

  28. Diamond Mines Raw Diamonds

  29. The Struggle for South Africa

  30. Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) “The Colossus of Rhodes”

  31. Uncle Sam: “The Colossusof the Pacific” (A Parody)

  32. Paul Kruger (1825-1904)

  33. Boer-British Tensions Increase • 1877 – Britain annexed the Transvaal. • 1883 – Boers fought British in the Transvaal and regained its independence. - Paul Kruger becomes President. • 1880s – Gold discovered in the Transvaal

  34. The Boer War: 1899 - 1900 The British The Boers

  35. A Future British Prime Minister British Boer War Correspondent, Winston Churchill

  36. The Struggle for South Africa

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