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The oldest reason in the world: land equals power. I guess you are right but colonizations was mainly due to greed.When gold or diamonds was discovered imperial powers was already half way there.South Africa is a good example,2 x wars were fought over gold in South Africa.Lesser causes were strategic importance (shipping),procurement of labor(slaves),produce ect.

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Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Southern Cameroon, and Sierra Leone; Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar); South Africa, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Nyasaland (Malawi), Lesotho, Botswana, and Swaziland. The Sudan, formerly known as the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, was jointly ruled by Egypt and Britain.

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Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Gold Coast

British Somaliland

British Nigeria

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Uganda Protectorate

Kenya Colony

Nyasaland

North Rhodesia

Gambia

Bechuana Protectorate

Lesotho

Swaziland

Southern Rhodesia

Please note: The UK controlled other colonies that they took over from other nations, as well. These are just the colonies that the UK founded themselves.

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Anglo Egyptian Sudan, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Ghana

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Sudan, Egypt, Union of South Africa, and Zimbabwe, to name a few.

The rest are on this map: http://www.africainstitute.com/map_colonization.html

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English Tangier (1661-1684)

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