African Colonialism

Motivations and Justifications

Why do nations invade and conquer other nations?

Brainstorm a list.

Imagine you are one of these English Gentlemen...

What would you think of these Africans? Their culture?

Colonialism

A policy when a country

rules and dominates

over another country

or group of people

outside their own

borders.

Industrialization

The process of

developing industry for

the creation of machine

made goods and

products

What do you need for

industrialization to

work?

Between the 1600s and 1900s, Europeans began to create colonies in Africa, taking an active role in their

governance.

Why did they do this?

Reason #1

The Industrial Revolution

In the 1800s Europe began to industrialize

For Industrialization to work you need...➔ A large workforce (yup)

➔ Technology (yup)

➔ Natural resources (need more)

➔ Markets to sell goods (never enough)

European Nations saw Africa as the PERFECT place to secure all the natural resources they could ever want.

Reason #2

European Superiority

Reason #3

NationalismThe belief that people should be loyal to their nation -- specifically, the people they share a

culture and history with

Reason #4

Missionary Impulses

Berlin Conference Divides Africa

● Mad rush for African lands ensues during the late 1800s

● 1884-85: 14 European Nations meet at Berlin Conference to divide up Africa between themselves

● No African leaders were invited….

In one beautiful sentence…

Why did Europeans colonize Africa?

Now it’s your turn to carve out your own piece of Africa in the name of King and Country

Scramble for Africa Instructions

1. Read your assigned country’s instruction sheet2. Use the maps provided (colored maps on garfieldtheteacher.weebly.com) to

gain an understanding of Africa’s geography3. With your group, use the blank map provided to mark where your country

would like to take control of4. Create two rules that European colonies should follow when colonizing the land5. Create a one minute proposal which will include:

a. Why your group would like to colonize the regionb. Why the other countries should give you what you want

1. Negotiate with other countries

2. Redraw your territory on a new map

3. Prepare to present again (why do you deserve this land?!)

On a separate sheet of paper...

1. Was your division of Africa fair? Why or why not?

2. What were your main concerns while dividing up

Africa?

3. What problems did you have as you divided up

Africa?

4. What have we not discussed today? What elements

of this story are missing?

END RESULT

Africa is divided between the European nations with no regard for how ethnic or linguistic groups were divided...

5. What’s wrong with dividing up countries only based on resources?