Pros And Cons Of European Colonization Of Africa

Colonization on Africa has Pros and cons. The Pros are that the europeans got resources they didn't have and, got people to work for them. But the cons are that the africans have less resources and had a huge decrease in population.

Europeans colonized Africa for a couple reasons. One reason they colonized Africa because they wanted to start a trade with people in Africa. This is because Europeans knew africa was loaded with good resources that Europeans don’t have. For example, gold, cocoa, bauxite, and etc. Also, Europeans knew that they had what africans don’t have so they thought of an engagement of trade. Europeans also colonized Africa for their young men as slaves. Europeans enslaved young men because they wanted stronger people. They