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Ap Euro Dbq Imperialism

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Imperialism influenced the Europeans in many ways, for example they advanced in technology, they took over African colonies and their imports and exports. Europeans traded for slaves, gold, and ivory along the west coast of Africa. In the 1800’s it all changed when the European explorers advanced their way to the interiors of central and western Africa resulting to be under full attack as the European nations fought with one another for control. The Europeans expanded for power and resources such as rubber, slaves, ivory, and any goods Africa held.
Technology and imperialism took a big part in Africa. The Europeans divided the continent amongst each other in a peaceful manner when Otto von Bismarck proposed a conference in Berlin in 1884 and 1885. Technology grew from over the years, for example the repeating rifle, maximum gun, Bessemer process, electric telegraph, and the steam engine (Document C). All this technology help them deprive Africa of its resources, every machine took a certain role to devastate the continent such as manufacturing steel, producing rails, bridges, and tall buildings. This proves how technology took a big part as the Europeans took apart Africa and how imperialism affected it along its way by being divided among different European nations. …show more content…

African tribes that had conflict between one another were grouped together and had no say in it. The exports were mainly cotton, rubber, ivory, zinc, copper, gold, diamonds, etc. (Document D) Among the different regions divided. Each different colonies held a different resources that were exported and collected, for example the Angola, French West Africa, Rhodesia, and South Africa. Showing how African colonies and exports were important to the European nations as they gained power and wealth from their control over the African

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