AP World History Unit 6 AMSCO
In general, summarize the relationship Europe had with Africa prior to this point ✔✔-somewhat
friendly trade relationship
-natural resources in Africa seen as desirable by Europeans
-Eur
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AP World History Unit 6 AMSCO
In general, summarize the relationship Europe had with Africa prior to this point ✔✔-somewhat
friendly trade relationship
-natural resources in Africa seen as desirable by Europeans
-European manufactured goods seen as desirable by Africans
European presence was specifically limited in Africa at first. Why did this change? ✔✔-better
technology allowed Europeans to expand presence w/in Africa
-quinine prevented risk of getting malaria
-steamship allowed for better travel
Suez Canal ✔✔-built to connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean
-managed by a French company but built by over a million Egyptians, many of whom were unpaid,
forced laborers
-many of the laborers died
-unrest caused in the region spurred Britain to seize control of Egypt from the Ottoman Empire
Sierra Leone ✔✔-established in 1787
-home for free, formerly enslaved people throughout the British Empire
Gambia ✔✔-established in 1816
-used to try to stop the exportation of enslaved people in the area
Lagos ✔✔-base for the annexation of much of Nigeria
Ghanna and the Gold Coast ✔✔-acquired in stages
-British colony
How did Britain expand its empire in West Africa? ✔✔-used peaceful and forceful methods
-treaties
-warfare
-use of warfare increased as European competition did and African resistance to takeover grew
stronger
The French in West Africa ✔✔-gained control of Algeria from the Ottoman Empire
-transformed it into a settler colony
-immigrants from France, Spain, Italy, + the Mediterranean
-also established many trading posts to compete w/ the British colonies
Scramble for Africa ✔✔Many European nations began to compete for natural resources in Africa,
leading to an urge to colonize and claim as much territory as possible
Berlin Conference ✔✔-organized to agree on colonial boundaries and trade w/in Africa
-many European powers invited
-no African powers were informed
-most of the boundaries established were only surface level and were somewhat ignored
-divided whole societies into separate colonies and united separate societies into colonies
-led to increased warfare
Boer War Causes ✔✔-British took over from the Dutch in Cape Colony following the Napoleonic
Wars
-came into conflict w/ the Afrikaners
-two groups fought over territory frequently
Boer War Effects ✔✔-resulted in complete British takeover of the area
-forced Africans + Afrikaners off of the land
-concentration camps segregated by race
-poor medical care, sanitation, and starvation led to many deaths
-eventually absorbed into the empire, but were given poor land plots
Why was King Leopold's rule of the Congo different or unique compared to other colonies?
✔✔King Leopold personally oversaw the colony and used both economic exploitation and
colonial officials against the Congolese
Impact of King Leopold ✔✔-laborers exploited for labor and treated horribly
-some workers' hands were severed to force the other workers into submission
-those who did not meet their quotas were beaten or killed
-spouses of many workers were held captive so they could not escape
-millions died
By 1900 which countries were unclaimed by Europe? ✔✔-Abyssinia
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