Scramble for Africa
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The Age of Imperialism
Lesson Plans by John Gillis
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, European powers set out to develop global empires and their efforts were largely successful. Imperialism reorganized international politics and had a major impact on the development of the global south.
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Storyboard Description
History timeline of Imperialism and age of imperialism - Scramble for Africa. Imperialist states vie for control over parts of Africa.
Storyboard Text
- Slide: 1
- David Livingstone
- Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
- After Dr. David Livingstone disappeared into the Congo for several years, an American reporter, Henry Stanley, went to track him down. The story sparked widespread interest in Africa.
- Slide: 2
- The Belgian Congo
- Rubber is money! We need more! Your life depends on it!
- King Leopold II hired Stanley to help him acquire lands in the Congo. The colony, the Belgian Congo, brutally exploited locals as labor to collect rubber sap.
- Slide: 3
- European Advantages
- Steam Engine
- Maxim Machine Gun
- Anti-Malarial drugs
- European imperialists had a number of advantages that allowed them to penetrate into Africa and create colonies.
- Slide: 4
- Berlin Conference
- In order to prevent conflict over African colonies, European leaders met in Berlin to decide where and how colonies should be established. No Africans were invited.
- Slide: 5
- Ethiopian Resistance
- Ethiopia defeated an invading Italian force at the Battle of Adwa. By 1914, only two nations remained independent: Liberia and Ethiopia.
Image Attributions
- Africa: 100 km and 200 km Coastal Zones - SEDACMaps - (License Attribution )
- Ethiopia Grunge Flag - Free Grunge Textures - www.freestock.ca - (License Attribution )
- Harar rain coming (Ethiopia) - Ahron de Leeuw - (License Attribution )
- Image taken from page 30 of 'British Possessions and Colonies. [With maps.]' - The British Library - (License No known copyright restrictions )
- Image taken from page 391 of 'The Development of Africa ... Illustrated with a set of ... maps ... designed by E. G. Ravenstein' - The British Library - (License No known copyright restrictions )
- Maxim machine gun - quinet - (License Attribution )
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