By 1900, 90.4% of Africa belongned to European Powers (document 1). They used African Territories for mostly economic reasons. Countries could have a market for their products and gain whatever resources were in Africa. This kind of ruling was unfair to natives for many reasons, although Europeans didn't see it that way. Often territory was colizationed in violent ways, hurting Africans even more. In the 19th century, Western Europeans explained their imperialism as economic, and African countries were taking over violently, disrupting what had been there, although colonists really thought the natives got the better deal.
A reason why the europeans felt they needed to take over these countries was for exports; France especially felt this way. …show more content…
The Africans were put into slave gangs and put to work in their own countries (document 3). When the white men came over, they brought diseases like smallpox and syphilis with them. The diseases really hurt the africans because their bodies weren't used to them and many died (document 3). The regular condition of these places was land ruled by the Europeans and worked by the natives. Mark Twain described in Congo Free State Horrors how white men changed when they went to these places. “A man will…..”. African people were seen as inferior and needing …show more content…
British duties toward india said india was required to pay nothing to britain, suggesting india has the better deal. They never have to pay and get much in return. Continuing with the india example, britain saw the benefits as peace and order, higher knowledge and freedom of speech and press. Bt the cons were they were replacing india's government with themselves, disregarding how the natives felt. The indians couldn't learn government or anything like that (document 7). They weren't allowed to be in charge of their government. Switching to africa, before colonization, the groups of peoples had set boundaries and territories for themselves (document 10). By 1914, the continent was divided up between powers, not paying attention to the groups already set (documents 10,11). Just drew borders where they wan6ed to, randomly. Africa during the late 19th to early 20th centuries is mostly depicted/thought of as european powers fighting for territory when really the fight between colonists and africans was much bloodier (document