The Europeans had military advantages such as superior weapons
the discovery of valuable natural resources by the portugese explorers
because bla bla bla
The Berlin Conference of 1884-85. Many European nations met to decide on what to do about where nations were allowed to Colonize, trade, and help stop Slavery (which at the time existed in Africa but had been nearly completely abolished in Europe).
protectorates
Protectorates
european nations wanted monopoly control of markets and resources.
Africa had a wealth of Natural Resources
The European Nations placed mandates which places a country under the control of another power by international agreement.
the discovery of valuable natural resources by the portugese explorers
The control of Africa had been critical to European nations in 1913 because it offered them more power, territory, and abundant resources as well as a sufficient labor force. Basically, it could be considered as a race between all the competing countries for dominance in 1913.
Almost 90 % of Africa was under European control by then.
It was colonized because there was a lot of gold and diamonds in Africa
"africa has a allot of natreral recourses that their counrties didnt like dimonds" *Africa *a lot *natural *resources *countries *didn't *diamonds
The European Nations placed mandates which places a country under the control of another power by international agreement.
because bla bla bla
A competition between European imperial powers to control Africa
industrialized western European nations