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19th Century African American Imperialism

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“Turning and turning in the widening gyre; The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” (Butler, “The Second Coming”) The European race for the colonization of Africa led to the decimation of many cultures. One could argue that the Europeans brought with them to Africa such things as roads, transportation, and communications, but what they destroyed outweighs these ten to one. A contributing factor of the Africa of today is imperialism. “Imperialism is the policy or action by which one country forcefully gains and keeps control of another country or territory (Vontz, “Imperialism”).” Imperialism can benefit a territory, such as communications, transportation systems, …show more content…

In the 1800’s, Europeans take on supplies on both merchant and naval (Vontz, “Imperialism”). Europe and Britain did not control government on informal empires but maintained trade in Spanish colonies and established trade routes in African and Asian territories (Vontz, “Imperialism”). By 1914, Europeans had taken over the entire continent except for Ethiopia and Liberia. European imperialism now established colonial administration to maintain order and to provide economic benefits for the governing nations. African industries went out of business because of the competition of the powerful colonial industries with European-made goods. Europe claimed the best land, forcing Africans to work desirable plots. The impact of colonialism varied somewhat with each European power. The handful of European nations that dominated Africa developed different sets of policies for their colonial possessions. Due to the need of power and rich resources, Europeans become greedy and seize control. European imperialism and colonization on Africa had both positive and negative effects on Africa’s …show more content…

The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, also known as the “Congo Conference”’ or the “West Africa Conference,” regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany’s sudden emergence as an imperial power. “This treaty, drawn up without African participation, provided the basis for the subsequent partition, invasion, and colonization of Africa by various European powers (Iweriebor, “The Colonization of

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The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries can be regarded as the height of European New Imperialism. This movement can be regarded as the time when an insatiable European need for more land and colonies occurred, and the time when European intrigue with owning more than the motherland was present. The New Imperialistic actions of the European states arose after the World, to the extent that concerned the European interests, had been reasonably chartered and understood by the expenditures taken by the Europeans in the Age of Discovery. In a sense, once the European knew what was there, they wanted to own it and claim it as there own. Once the Cape of Good Hope had been passed, and the shores of Africa were chartered and recognized, the Europeans began to claim Africa to fulfill their thirst for more, as their initial desires for knowledge had been fulfilled.

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They wrote a treaty to give a limit to African rule and held the Berlin Conference to divide Africa for the six European countries.

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