2. What was life like at the time of this event or the time this document was created? What…
Sometimes I think about the problems and effects that colonialism have caused in the world. Is it good or bad? “Colonialism has always had a bad reputation.” I suppose in essence, for the people being colonized, it can be a good thing. The world is scramble for colonies, particularly in the 19th and 20th century had a huge negative effects on economic, social, and political structures of homegrown people try to use for the benefit of the colonizing country. “Colonialism is the extension of a nation’s sovereignty of territory and people outside its boundaries, often to advance economic domination over the resources, labor, and markets.” There’s also a set of beliefs used to promote this system, especially this belief that the mores of the colonizer…
How has the scramble for Africa affected Africans? Europeans have always been known to take over many territories. For example, the British have expanded their empire to Australia, Asia, and even the Americas. Although these changes have made what the world is today, nothing has changed more than Africa. Before Colonialism occurred, Africa traded with other parts of the world for centuries (RP #1). In the nineteenth century, the Europeans started to notice that Africa could be a “gold mine” for their own economy. As more Europeans started to invade Africa, much of Imperialism took place. The two main reasons for Imperialism and Colonialism in Africa were for trade and territorial control.…
European Nations wanted more land, power, and natural resources. They got this by conquering and colonizing new lands. Africa was not colonized, making the continent a prime area for colonization. Prior to the 19th century European nations only used Africa for its slave trade, therefore, only settling on the coasts. The driving forces behind these European conquests in Africa were caused by political, cultural, and economic reasons.…
Before European imperialism reached Africa, the African people lived in villages and had agricultural economies. When the Europeans spread into inland Africa and started colonize the land, the life of natives drastically changed. The Europeans came into Africa, took over the land and began to dictate and deceive the Africans for European gain. The Europeans brought an active and more worldly economy to Africa, but they did not let the natives constructively participate or benefit from this new system. European imperialism was harmful to Africa in several ways, as when the Europeans came over, so came a significant loss of life to natives and famine, and a division of culture that brought conflict into tribes, and a loss of land and resources,…
They gave them education and medical services that were greatly needed. The British brought them great modern methods such as banking and new industries. This was positive because most Africans did not have the money to afford medical services and education. They brought them great new civilizations and a new better way of life. Also document 2 by the New york times which was a national U.S newspaper published on July 24, 1904 New York, the railroad development in Africa. The railroad development was mainly along the coast and especially in Western and Southern Africa. This shows how the effects of European Imperialism were economically positive because they were making it easier for Africans to travel. Lastly document 3 by Lord Frederick Lugard who was a British officer which later became the governor general of the colony of Nigeria in British 1922 shows how manufactured goods benefited Africans. Food was being wasted before the British came and made the resources more useful. Because Lord Frederick Lugard became the governor of the colony of Nigeria, he might’ve actually been helping which is why he became the governor. The effects were economically positive because based on this document, the British helped Africans use their resources more efficiently.…
As a whole, Africa was ruined by the Europeans’ greed during the early 1900’s. The European countries were very strong nationalists and they came together and decided to show their superiority by imperializing other continents and countries rather than fight with each other. They chose Africa as the best place to imperialize because of its natural resources and availability. This is what introduced the Berlin Conference. At this meeting, representatives from Great Britain, France, and other strong European players divided up Africa. There was a total disregard of the native people and each country just took what they wanted. The Africans had to work long days with little pay. European imperialism caused the African natives to fall into poverty and the working conditions were horrible. To cover this up, the Europeans educated the people and introduced them to industrial things and instruments. The European imperialism devastated the African people along with their land and tried unsuccessfully to justify it using education and industrialization.…
Europeans treated Africans unethically, and with extreme inferiority. When Europeans came to Africa, they were ruling indirectly, which…
For examplocument 1, “The Map of Africa by Treaty” by Sir. Edward Hertslet, it shows how the continent of Africa was divided and occupied by many different countries. These countries include Germany, France and England. The map also depicts independent states. There are few independent states whereas the major countries occupy Africa. Another economic loss of the african imperialism was the economy. Churches would send missionaries to Africa and take photos of the people before and after the natives were “civilized”. To the occupying countries, civilizing the natives was converting them into christianity and introducing them to western ways. The missionaries would attract tourism and donations when showing photos of the natives westernized. For example, Document 3, “Images of Colonial Africa”, These two photos show Kenyans before and after colonization. Before colonization, the Kenyan family depicted in the photo were wearing traditional kenyan clothes as well as standing in front of their mud hut home. The after colonization photo displays a family in westernized clothing in front of a christian church. These photos attracted people from all over to donate to the churches so they could go back to Africa and convert the natives, ruining another…
Looking back to the beginning of the semester with little knowledge on the subject, students were assigned to read this article and respond to it. After taking this course, and getting materials from class, movies, discussions, the textbook, and historical novels it is now apparent that colonization had many more negatives than positives when it came to Africa. At first this may have seemed like a good idea, but it became quickly apparent that this would ultimately prove to have many negative effects on African countries. The colonies that invaded Africa showed to be only interested in money, with the exception of settler colonies that wished to live there and govern. . Many problems arose of this such as environmental effects, identity crises, and much violence brought upon Africa.…
Laborers from Africa were good assets because they already knew how to harvest and grow many of the crops being grown in the Americas, they did not know the land resulting in less success when attempting to escape, and the color of…
During the 19th century, the role geography played in the European colonization of Africa encouraged European efforts to control the massive continent of Arica. This document based question can be split up into three groups of documents: hindered, encouraged, and ignored efforts. The Europeans came together and created a conference called the Berlin Conference in 1884 in order for them to split Africa and prevent disputes (Document J). This encouraged the European efforts to colonize Africa because of the massive size of the continent. The fact that it comes from a European point of view helps and encourages the positive advantages geography helps colonize Africa. This document can be grouped with L, B2, and B3 since they all show how it encourages…
During the age of imperialism rulers across the world were attempting to conquer more and more of Africa. This led to turmoil and tension between the nations along with creating competition for more territory. These conquered parts of other nations are called spheres of influence and allow for nations to extend their control into more places, effectively giving them more power and sway. African colonies were also regarded with intrigue by nations due to the opportunities given for a chance to trade with more places and prove to other nations how they are capable of dominating land just as well.…
The continent of Africa has faced and continues to deal with many problems due to its geography, colonialism, and economic exploitation. Africa contains roughly 1/3 of the primary commodities in the world, yet it is one of the poorest regions. Geography on the African continent is diverse from deserts to rain forests and beaches to mountain ranges. The pure size of the continent and some extreme environments has made it challenging to develop infrastructure and regional international trade. Ethnic conflict on the continent, primarily due to colonialism and arbitrary boundaries, has also hindered the development of the region. Africans often have a stronger allegiance to their ethnic group than their…
Before colonization, African countries consisted of several small tribes, with different customs and languages. It is estimated that during pre-colonial ages, Africa was composed of 10,000 different polities and that after European intervention; these polities were combined into 40 colonies (Meredith, 2006). Some historians have concluded that European colonization has helped these dispersed African tribes unify. As colonies, these nations were obliged to the laws commanded by the mother country, which demanded products. In order to supply the mother country with goods, African citizens were forced to move into cities and work. Once the colonies became independent, the process of urbanization had already occurred. Those who are pro-colonization believe that the urbanization caused by colonialism led to a development of local industry. What defenders of colonialism do not…