GEOG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Industrial Revolution
26 Nov 2018
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Why: what efforts did africans contribute to their independence? (at least two) Africa was full of raw material which europe needed to support their industrial revolution. Africa was valued for its materials and its market. Britain and france controlled most of africa"s ports. Europe used the spread of christianity as an excuse to colonize. Britain and france had the largest amount of land, controlling some of the most important ports and large swaths of land. Ethiopia and liberia were the only africans countries that remained autonomous during the time of colonization. World war 2 was the turning point between the people of africa and asia and the people of. Africa had a new mindset to destroy the system of colonization. Europeans exposing africa to world events lead to their downfall. Africans had the idea of a united states of africa.
