blog 12 colonialism

At the turn of the 20th century Africa was a cake filled with many treasures up for the taking. The Europeans were in a race for the most dominate power, and their imperialist ways started the scrammble for Africa. In 1884 the Berlin Confrence was held in order to split up the provinces of Africa. The europeans "took" what they wanted and moved in. The imperialistic nations tried to colonize in these areas, but they were already inhabitited with the indegenous tribes. With the European's superior weapons and technology they were able to move in, and force the indegenous out. This trend of Europeans moving in and the indegenous having to leave was also seen int eh colonization of America. The people of Africa were ravaged by the incomin g Europeans and had to migrate elsewhere or suffer great casualties. A theme for European colonization can be linked to that when they move in they have intentions of total control, with the domination of foreign markets.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa
Wikipedia. " Scramble for Africa". Wikipedia Online database. March 6 2009. March 10 2009