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Pros And Cons Of The Great Scramble For Africa

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The Great Scramble for Africa is often forgotten about by many people and it is something that definitely should not be forgotten about. It is a compelling part of world history that often isn't talked about enough. The Great Scramble for Africa was a historic event that took place in the early 1880’s. It was when the several European countries journeyed into Africa to try and take their goods. These countries let no one get in the way of them claiming the African goods. Some rivalries even sparked between the countries of Europe. The Africans were stripped of all their goods and they were under the european rule for a short amount of time. There are some people that think of the great scramble for africa as a good thing because it led to Africa having a better government and other good things but even with all these good things that came out of it in the long run there was still many more bad things that happened because of this. The first reason as to why i think the imperialism of Africa was bad is because the Europeans went into Africa and ruined their continent. How would you like it if your rich neighbor came over into your house and stole your brand new scooter just because they didn't have one. This kind of relates to what happened to the people of Africa. The Europeans just …show more content…

All the cons weigh out the pros. I mean sure it did help in the long run but think of all the people who were hurt or killed during it. The short term effects were far worse than the long term effects. The people who think it was a good thing and that it was just fine weren't there to experience the trauma and distress that it put Africa through, they had to suffer for ages because of what the Europeans did. It wasn't good for the Europeans either because they had to fight against themselves. They would go to war over pieces of land and goods. They would kill there own just to get a section of

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