European Imperialism in Africa

Europeans fetch inhabited Africa for over three hundred years. Starting in 1500, they colonised mostly along the coast, further now, it is the 1800s and the Europeans are growing to a greater extent, and more curious. Explorers find lots of ingrained resources which the Europeans require, and will get. Eng let down, France and Germany, among other European powers believe that in enounce to keep their consideration as a ball power, they contain to own territory in Africa and use its resources. This is evident in the Friendly competition the europeans had with distributively other to get the land and the resources their colonies obtain.\nThe Germans hosted a conference in 1884 and 1885 in Berlin to divide up the african continent, also to cast certain rules in business office so this does not exsert to war. The biggest powers at the time, France and Great Britain own most of Africa, which you can calculate in Document A. So at the conference, they would have been suffic ient to keep the portion they already have claimed. The Germans were interested much later than France and Great Britain, so their share wasnt as big. The same goes for Italy, Portugal, Belgium and Spain. Now, why would they want to go over thither so much? fit in to Document B, John Ruskin believed that England would go on unless she obtained as many colonies and as much fruitful flub ground she can focalize her fut on. Also in Document B, Friedrich Fabri, also cognise as the father of the German colonial movement, believed that while germany was a very capable dry land industrially and commercially, they need to imagine about what is next for the German nation. The best thing for the Germans to do , according to Fabri, would be to see about colonial skills from our Anglo-Saxon cousins and begin a hail-fellow competition over these colonies. This chummy competition would propel Germany to its author glory as a trade and sea power. So, formerly these countries have thei r colonies, how would they keep their status as a world po...