COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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They did not want to exploit the native Afrcians.
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They did not want to spend the enormous amount of money needed to maintain such distant colonies.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The second king of Belgium, Leopold II, was a very ambitious man who wanted to personally enrich himself and enhance his country’s prestige by annexing and colonizing lands in Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -On February 5, 1885, Belgian King Leopold II established the Congo Free State by brutally seizing the African landmass as his personal possession. Rather than control the Congo as a colony, as other European powers did throughout Africa, Leopold privately owned the region.
Detailed explanation-3: -Belgium controlled several territories and concessions during the colonial era, principally the Belgian Congo (modern DRC) from 1908 to 1960 and Ruanda-Urundi (modern Rwanda and Burundi) from 1922 to 1962.
Detailed explanation-4: -Forced labour, corporal punishments, kidnapping, and slaughtering of rebellious villages were among other atrocities recorded during the period. * As international condemnation grew, the Belgian state took Congo over in 1908. The country achieved independence 52 years later, in 1960.