How Did African Americans Conquer The Europeans

Much of Africa's history revolves around it’s interactions with Europeans. The Europeans exploited and conquered much of the African continent. They were able to conquer Africa through imperialism which is a process of invasion, attack and exploitation for natural resources. Africa had many natural resources that Europeans wanted to themselves and the only solution they came up with was to conquer Africa.
Europeans explored and exploited Africa for a variety of reasons. They did this to spread christianity, to civilize the African people, to gain wealth/power and to fulfil the need for slave labor in the New World colonies. Europeans wanted to spread christianity and they did this through the 4 C’s which are christianity, civilization, commerce, and last but not least conquest. The Europeans converted Africans to christians to get rid of paganism. They set up churches, medical clinics, and urge about the end of slave trading. Europeans believed Africans to be paternalistic and by introducing them to christianity they felt this would better them. They exploited Africa for …show more content…
The closer the region was to Europe the easier it was for Europeans to conquer it. However, there were barriers which made it much more difficult to conquer other regions. These barriers were deserts due to the fact that the climate was hotter, mountains because it made it more difficult to get over them, and some river systems were rapid which also made it harder due to the fast current. Europeans had unlimited access to technology considering that they were much more advanced than Africa which in fact was another reason why it was easier to conquer. Another hurdler Europeans encountered in their quest was the presence of diseases which they were not immune to causing some of the Europeans to