Reasons For European Imperialism In Africa

European countries all want a piece of Africa. Think of it like a birthday party, everybody wants the biggest piece of the cake. Why do they want the biggest piece of the cake? Is it because they want to brag, get more food, or simply because cake is good? Even though we only want cake not African countries, it it still a good example because it still shows you how much Europe really wanted the biggest piece of Africa. Here is some history on European imperialism in Africa. In the early nineteenth century European countries took over Africa, to do that they sat down and had a long discussion about the countries that they wanted to claim as their own. They did it in this way so it would be peaceful and would not cause a war against each other. Even though they did this they it still was not fair for all of the countries. This may seem like a weekend trip to you but it actually took 50 years to sort out. What I am proving to you today is what was the driving force behind European imperialism in Africa. Though there are many causes of the European imperialism in Africa, today I am going to focus on three reasons for the European imperialism in Africa. The three reasons I am going to focus on today are national competition, cultural beliefs, and economics.
The first reason for the European imperialism in Africa is national
My evidence is shown in document E. My first piece of evidence is in imports and exports to south Sahara. My evidence is shown in document E. It shows that the Europeans got about four million pounds from imports in 1854 and only three million pounds from the exports. This shows that they must not have known the true value of the exports compared to the values of imports. In 1900 the Europeans earned eight million pounds from imports and twenty one million in exports. This shows that they now found out that the value of the exports are way higher than the value of