EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN RULE

1. New Economic Systemsa. Raw materials to European factories

b. Money economy instead of trading•Africans required to pay taxes•Left home to work in mines and on farms•Disrupted the family

2. Material Improvementsa. Roads, railroads and telegraphs Africans forced to work on the

improvements for low wages Encouraged migration of workers,

weakened the family and village

b. Improved hospitals and medical carec. Elementary schools for Africans Learned European history and culture

African Nationalism Nationalism: Sense of pride in and

devotion to one’s country Africans realized they would have to unify

to win independence

Pan-Africanism Called for unifying all of Africa Early 1900s “Africa for the Africans”

Independence Post-WWII European countries weakened by war USSR and US spoke out against European

rule in Africa 1950s-1970s – African countries gained

independence