INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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Britain
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Belgium
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Portugal
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1908, international pressure forced the king to turn the Congo Free State over to the country of Belgium. The newly named “Belgian Congo ” remained a colony until the Democratic Republic of Congo gained its independence in 1960.
Detailed explanation-2: -Belgian Congo, French Congo Belge, former colony (coextensive with the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) in Africa, ruled by Belgium from 1908 until 1960.
Detailed explanation-3: -Portuguese exploration In 1482–1483, Captain Diogo Cão, sailing southwards on the uncharted Congo River, discovered the mouth of the river, and became the first European to encounter the Kingdom of Kongo. Initially relations were limited and considered beneficial to both sides.