COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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A meeting of African countries to become independent.
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A group of Europeans who wanted African countries to have independence.
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A meeting to decide how much land in Africa the European countries received.
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A meeting to discuss slavery in Africa.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Known as The Berlin Conference, they sought to discuss the partitioning of Africa, establishing rules to amicably divide resources among the Western countries at the expense of the African people.
Detailed explanation-2: -One thing is clear-the Berlin Conference established the legal claim by Europeans that all of Africa could be occupied by whomever could take it. It also established a process for Europeans to cooperate rather than fight with each other. This cooperation played a huge role in the division and conquest of Africa.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Berlin Conference of 1884–85 was organized by Otto von Bismarck, the rst chancellor of Germany. The purpose of the Berlin Conference was to regulate European colonization and trade in Africa by identifying which European nations would be allowed to control which parts of Africa.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the Berlin Conference decide Africa’s fate? It set new rules for the settlement and development of colonies in Africa.
Detailed explanation-5: -This conference was called by German Chancellor Bismarck to settle how European countries would claim colonial land in Africa and to avoid a war among European nations over African territory.