During the mid 1800's, African people were divided into ethnic and linguistic groups due to the domination of Europe over Africa. The African armies were able to keep Europeans out for 400 years. During the 1800's the steam-powered river boats were made it easier for Europeans to conduct major expeditions into the interior of Africa.
In the late 1860's, David Livingstone, a missionary for Scotland, traveled to central Africa with a group of Africans to promote Christianity. When years passed and nobody heard word from him or his party they feared that he was dead. An American newspaper hired Henry Stanley to help find Livingstone and in 1871 Stanley found Dr. Livingstone on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Stanley soon set out to explore Africa himself to trace the Congo River. Between 1879 and 1882, Stanley signed treaties with the local chiefs of the Congo River valley.
The first group of Europeans that settled in South Africa had been the Dutch. In 1652 the Dutch traveled to Cape of Good Hope to establish a station for their ships. The French began to expand their rule from the West African coast toward Sudan. But they did not realize that while they were dividing the continent they weren't paying attention to how the ethnic and linguistic groups were being distributed.
The European expansion started out being positive but soon turned negative. As the countries began colonizing, many believed that Africans would be buying European goods. They were wrong; little Africans bought European goods. Europeans needed raw materials and soon businesses began developing cash-crop plantations to grow peanuts, palm oil, cocoa, and rubber. And soon the farmers helped feed families.
Zulu war : Around 1816 the Zulu chief, Shaka, used warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state. They managed to keep out the British from Invading their nation, but in 1879, when Zulu king refused to dismiss his army and accept British rule, the British soon invaded the Zulu nation.
Boer war : As the Dutch took over the Cape Colony permanently in the 1800's, they and the Boers( Dutch for "farmers") clashed over Britishs' policy regarding land and slaves.
The competition was so fierce between each European country that there had to be a conference to help keep the countries from fighting. The 14 European countries met at the Berlin Conference in 1884-85 and they agreed that any European country could claim land in Africa by notify other countries and showing their control.
PRIMARY SOURCE: " I contend that we [Britons] are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race. . . . It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the most human, most honourable race the world possesses." -Cecil Rhodes, Confession of Faith, 1877
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In the late 1860's, David Livingstone, a missionary for Scotland, traveled to central Africa with a group of Africans to promote Christianity. When years passed and nobody heard word from him or his party they feared that he was dead. An American newspaper hired Henry Stanley to help find Livingstone and in 1871 Stanley found Dr. Livingstone on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Stanley soon set out to explore Africa himself to trace the Congo River. Between 1879 and 1882, Stanley signed treaties with the local chiefs of the Congo River valley.
The first group of Europeans that settled in South Africa had been the Dutch. In 1652 the Dutch traveled to Cape of Good Hope to establish a station for their ships. The French began to expand their rule from the West African coast toward Sudan. But they did not realize that while they were dividing the continent they weren't paying attention to how the ethnic and linguistic groups were being distributed.
The European expansion started out being positive but soon turned negative. As the countries began colonizing, many believed that Africans would be buying European goods. They were wrong; little Africans bought European goods. Europeans needed raw materials and soon businesses began developing cash-crop plantations to grow peanuts, palm oil, cocoa, and rubber. And soon the farmers helped feed families.
Zulu war : Around 1816 the Zulu chief, Shaka, used warriors and good military organization to create a large centralized state. They managed to keep out the British from Invading their nation, but in 1879, when Zulu king refused to dismiss his army and accept British rule, the British soon invaded the Zulu nation.
Boer war : As the Dutch took over the Cape Colony permanently in the 1800's, they and the Boers( Dutch for "farmers") clashed over Britishs' policy regarding land and slaves.
The competition was so fierce between each European country that there had to be a conference to help keep the countries from fighting. The 14 European countries met at the Berlin Conference in 1884-85 and they agreed that any European country could claim land in Africa by notify other countries and showing their control.
PRIMARY SOURCE: " I contend that we [Britons] are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race. . . . It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the most human, most honourable race the world possesses." -Cecil Rhodes, Confession of Faith, 1877
http://youtu.be/OJe1W_HIWmA
http://youtu.be/OJe1W_HIWmA