Ch.+15+British+Colonialism

 **African Colonialism by Wesley Cheng** · Also known as the “Scramble for Africa” · Abolitionists wanted to completely end the slave trade within in Africa · The Europeans needed to find a source of capital in Africa through trade · The British wanted the Suez Canal · Europeans split up Africa so there were no land arguments in the Berlin Conference · In 1900 only two remaining independent nation were left, Liberia and Ethiopia · The Zulu resisted the Boers for many years only to be taken over by the British · Eventually many Europeans became competitive for the land in Africa, this caused nationalism which ultimately help lead to World War I · An example of this was the Fashoda incident which was a conflict between France and Britain for land to connect to their other owned lands · Cecil Rhodes is an example of domination over Southern Africa, he controlled 90% of the diamond production.
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