HIS 1123 Lecture 27: Chapter 27 - The Scramble for Africa
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Congress of berlin de ned methods of colonization {bismarck laid out a plan for europe and the us to create african colonies} Explorers and missionaries were some of the rst to enter central africa {missionaries were con ned to the coast until quinine, a treatment for malaria, became available} Europeans excused their conquests by claiming a civilizing mission . West african colonies were on outgrowth of the trade-fort system {remember the. End of slave trade undermined west african economy. Ashante peoples switched to trading palm oil at the end of slave trade. East africa was wealthier from the indian ocean trade. Ethiopia is the one and only african state. King leopold of belgium used the congo as a forced labor camp. European powers had common interests in african resources, as well as new markets for their own industries. Each nation had different ways of exploiting its conquests.
