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Why Did Britain Colonize Nigeria

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Colonization is a process of bigger/stronger countries dominating and inhabiting other smaller/weaker countries/islands for their benefits in various ways which lead to the benefit of their own country. Then that creates colonies in different parts of the world and that basically means they have their own country in another country, and when they have different colonies in different parts of the world that means they can trade with a bigger amount of countries/islands. Colonization started in the 15th century, and it started because of the portuguese and the spanish exploring the americas by accident because they were searching a closer and faster route to India. Colonization then became popular and then more countries wanted to find faster,better and closer trade routes so that they can acquire different and good resources from different countries.

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But that was just the opposite for the British since they themselves back in the time felt like they shouldn't be doing farming with their own hands so they had gotten slaves which would do that for them and if they didn't they punished, very harshly. The saddest part of the slave trade is that the ruler of Nigeria and other rulers from different parts of Africa worked together with the British (as well as other European countries) and helped them have and make their own people into slaves for money,glory and reputation/rank. They degraded themselves into capturing and selling their own people for money and power. They were very gullible at the time thinking that by selling their people they would gain respect or a reputation with the British and other Europeans, but they never knew that the British thought of them nothing but some things which can gather their slaves without dirtying their own hands and wasting their

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