EURO-UA 511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Colonisation Of Africa, Liberal Democracy, Forced Marriage
17 Aug 2016
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French collaborated with egypt (1854-1869) attempt by french to control access to the east a. ii. Egypt borrows money for construction from france then defaults (doesn"t pay back) a. iii. British step in (1881), help out france with its debts, send troops (5,00 men) to egypt to control its economy a. iv. South africa: the dutch established cape colony (1625), a base en route to southeast. Asia: descendants of dutch settlers in africa were called boers, british take cape town in 1815, boers migrate north (1836-38) b/c british abolished slavery, boers didn"t like, british win boer war, fought b/c diamonds + gold were discovered. Impact of british rule: huge need for african labor in mines, native lands act restricts black ownership of land, urban areas act prohibits blacks from living in cities. The berlin conference (1884 1885: otto von bismarck led it to end the scramble for africa to avert war in.
