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Chapter 12 The New Imperialism
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Transcript of Chapter 12 The New Imperialism
Chapter 12The New Imperialism
Section 2 – The Partition of Africa
Section 2 – The Partition of AfricaSetting the Scene: In the late 1800s, Britain, France, Germany, and other European powers swept into Africa. Chief Machemba of the Yao people in East Africa wrote in Swahili to a German officer:"If it be friendship that you desire, then I am ready for it... but to be your subject, that I cannot be. ... I do not fall at your feet, for you are God's creature just as I am."Though the Yao and others resisted, they could not prevent European conquest. Within about 20 years, the Europeans had carved up the continent and dominated millions of Africans.
I. Africa in the Early 1800sIn the early 1800s African people spoke hundreds of languages and had developed varied governments
Detail which "shows the appropriate territorial boundaries of the various tribes and nations" of Africa
I. Africa in the Early 1800s
North Africa had close ties to the Muslim world and was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire
I. Africa in the Early 1800sIn West Africa Islamic leaders like Usman dan Fodio preached jihad and several new Muslim states arose
Languages of West Africa
I. Africa in the Early 1800s
East Africa was Islamic and port cities like Mombasa and Kilwa carried on profitable trade
I. Africa in the Early 1800sIn Southern Africa the Zulu nation under Shaka was battling the Boers and conquering other peoples
I. Africa in the Early 1800s
The British organized Sierra Leone for freed slaves and free blacks from the United States settled in nearby Liberia
II. European Contacts Increase
In the early 1800s, European explorers like Mungo Park and Richard Burton began pushing into the interior of Africa
II. European Contacts Increase
Catholic and Protestant missionaries followed the explorers, seeking to win people to Christianity
II. European Contacts Increase
The best known explorer-missionary was Dr. David Livingstone, who spent 30 years exploring Africa
III. A Scramble for Colonies
When King Leopold II of Belgium arranged African trade treaties, other European nations began making claims
III. A Scramble for ColoniesIn 1884, European powers met in Berlin, Germany to divide-up Africa
III. A Scramble for ColoniesThey redrew the map of Africa without regard for traditional patterns of settlement or ethnic boundaries
III. A Scramble for Colonies
France took a giant share of North, West and Central Africa
III. A Scramble for ColoniesBritain took chunks of West and East Africa, including Egypt, Sudan and South Africa
III. A Scramble for ColoniesPortugal, Italy, and Germany also claimed colonies throughout Africa
IV. Africans Resist ImperialismEuropeans met fierce armed resistance across the continent, but only Ethiopia and Liberia remained independent
IV. Africans Resist ImperialismBy the early 1900s, African leaders were building nationalist movements to pursue independence