Do you want to know about European inventions, Africa’s resources, and how the European countries made money? Well, this is how it began. From the start of the nineteenth century, Europeans began seizing colonies since their interests shifted from slavery to imperialism. What is imperialism, you may ask? Imperialism is a countries power and influence on another country. What caused European imperialism to grow in Africa? Imperialism had several driving forces behind it including competition, cultural attitudes, and the economy. However, the most important was the economy. One of the driving forces behind European Imperialism was competition between European countries. Evidence of this is that Britain wanted to build a railroad from Cairo in Egypt all the way to Cape Town in South Africa. However, Germany’s colony was in their way, and prevented it from happening. France and Britain were countries racing for the ownership of more colonies. Thus the competition helped drive imperialism because European countries seize colonies, and never gave a chance to share them, which is why they are competing for more colonies. …show more content…
According to Kipling, British people describe Africans as half-child/ half-devil, which is kind of mean but back in those days British were acting as if they already conquered the place. However, they do not want these poor Africans to die from diseases such as malaria, but they want to give them food and help them overcome their disease. These British people believe that it is the right thing to do in general. Cultural attitude helped drive Imperialism because the British were helping the Africans, which shows the morals and helpfulness in the British people. They are trying to be friendly and by doing this, Africans and the British may start to