COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Question
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They were engaged in the slave trade
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They wanted to control African industry
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They wanted African agricultural products
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They were invited to help organize African educational systems
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Detailed explanation-1: -The history of the European seaborne slave trade with Africa goes back 50 years prior to Columbus’ initial voyage to the Americas. It began with the Portuguese, who went to West Africa in search of gold.
Detailed explanation-2: -Europeans first became interested in Africa for trade route purposes. They were looking for ways to avoid the taxes of the Arab and Ottoman empires in Southwest Asia. Sailing around Africa was the obvious choice, but it was a long voyage and could not be completed without “pit stops” along the way.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ivory, gold and other trade resources attracted Europeans to West Africa. As demand for cheap labour to work on plantations in the Americas grew, people enslaved in West Africa became the most valuable ‘commodity’ for European traders.
Detailed explanation-4: -European exploration of Sub-Saharan Africa begins with the Age of Discovery in the 15th century, pioneered by the Kingdom of Portugal under Henry the Navigator.
Detailed explanation-5: -The reasons for African colonisation were mainly economic, political and religious. During this time of colonisation, an economic depression was occurring in Europe, and powerful countries such as Germany, France, and Great Britain, were losing money.