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We need more materials to make marketable products
The 19th century in Europe was a time of industrialization. Factories in Europe needed more raw materials to be manufactured in marketable products as well as the manufactured goods in Africa.
You guys will have access to trade routes and lessen the slave trade going on in Africa
. Many Europeans viewed themselves as the most advanced civilization in the world, and some saw it as their mission to “enlighten” and “civilize” people in the rest of the world. This feeling of racial superiority and “responsibility”
European nations caused a competitive rush for African Territory. Politics in Europe led to the colonization of Africa. No major nation wanted to be left without colonies. The competition was particularly strong between France, England, and Germany.
Year: 1900
The Chancellor of Germany Otto Von Bismark initiated a conference in1884. The conference held several main purposes such as the European nations were interested in being assured access to various important trade routes, particularly along the Niger and Congo river basins. Secondly, there was a concern to suppress the internal slave trade that was going on in Africa.
Bismarck also banned the importation of guns to Africa and discussed the occupation of territories. The gun importation ban caused Europeans to have a monopoly on guns
The result of this conference was a treaty called the Treaty of Berlin. By 1900, almost 90% of Africa was under European control.

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