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Scramble for Africa. http://wfps.k12.mt.us/teachers/carmichaelg/africa2.gif. Industrial Powers race to colonies. Euro contact increases. Burton & Nile. http://www.africamission-mafr.org/mgr_livinhacgb.htm. http://www.richmond.gov.uk/richard_burton.jpg. Livingstone explorer & missionary.

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

  2. Industrial Powers race to colonies

  3. 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

  4. Industrial Powers race to colonies AFRICA • Christian Missionaries were the first “explorers” of Africa’s interior • Belgium sent representatives to negotiate with African chiefs In the 1870s, European powers looked to fully colonize Africa. The map shows how Imperialist nations divided the continent.

  5. AFRICA Suez Canal • Connected Red & Mediterranean Sea • 1875 - Egypt needed $ & sold their share to England • Egyptians grew angry & rebelled over foreign presence • 1882 Led to Egypt becoming a protectorate Built in 1869 w/French $

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

  7. AFRICA Boer War Outcomes 1880-1881 England v. Dutch Farmers • Resistance & guerilla warfare • British arrested & imprisoned Boers • Orange Free State & Transvaal became part of British Africa • Created the Union of South Africa From Cape to Cairo

  8. Berlin Conference • Free state & trade in Congo • 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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  10. The Scramble for Africa Liberia & Ethiopia = only independent African Nations

  11. Scars left on Africa • Problems btwn African tribes • Forced ethnic groups into same nation • Destroyed African culture • Segregation & class system • Still: corruption, instability, violence & authoritative regimes are common

  12. Whose Next?

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