SS7H1.a

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SS7H1.a

• The students will analyze continuity and change
  in Africa leading to the 21st century.

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EUROPEAN COLONIALISM
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Colonization of Africa

• colonialism- the forced control of one nation by
  another nation

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• Africa has many raw materials and natural
  resources not found in Europe including
• cotton
• rubber
• ivory
• minerals including gold and diamonds

• Reasons for Colonization

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• Reasons for Colonization

• New industries in Europe needed metals like
  copper and tin.
• African countries were new markets for European
  goods.
• Europeans also used Africa as a source of cheap
  labor.

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• Triangular Trade Ends

• Africa is no longer used for slave trade to the
  Americas
• Europe goes to Africa for free labor and resources

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• Great Britain and France often fought for control
  of parts of Africa.
• The British controlled the gold and ivory trade
  in West Africa.

• Great Britain

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• France

• The French wanted to spread their culture.
• Established themselves in northern Algeria and
  West Africa.
• Trade outposts were built in West Africa for the
  slave trade.
• Most of the French-controlled land was desert.
• They traded palm oil and timber.

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• Belgium

• Belgium also competed for African land.
• King Leopold II purchased the Congo River basin.
• The amount of land purchased was bigger than
  Belgium itself.

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• Berlin Conference

• European nations attended this conference in
  1884.
• African rulers DID NOT.
• In order to avoid wars over territory, the
  European nations divided Africa amongst
  themselves.
• Europeans owned almost all of Africa by the end
  of the conference.

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Partitioning Of Africa

• Colonized Africa

• Modern Africa

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• Problems with the boundaries

• Boundaries do not represent different ethinic
  groups and religions

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SS7H1.B
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• Nationalism

• Nationalism is the identification of a ethnic
  group or nationality with a country or state.

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• Colonialism is dying

• After WWII it becomes to expensive to keep
  colonies
• Many countries are having difficulties putting
  them selves back together

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• South Africa

• Colonial conflict between the British and Dutch,
  German and French Colonists.
• British win and take over in 1910
• South Africa is run by white South Africans under
  British rule.

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• African National Congress

• Fight for the rights of black
• Established in 1912

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• Kenya

• Europeans presence as early as 1498
• Became a colony in 1920
• Blacks were denied a voice politics 1944
• In 1944 a few blacks were allowed to run for
  political office
• In 1950s, there was a violent, seven year
  uprising resulting in tens of thousands of
  deaths.
• Kenya finally becomes independent in 1963