Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference (1884-1885) produced what was called the "General Act of the Berlin Conference", which nominally only defined exclusive areas where certain European nations could "pursue" colonies by agreements with the indigenous people. In reality, most agreements were established by force or threat of force, and between those countries and whatever friendly groups they could assist in gaining control over other factions.
During the Berlin Conference of 1805, European nations divvied up Africa and claimed their colonial holdings. This would lead to decades of economic and social oppression as European nations used African resources and people to make money.
The Ottoman Empire was considered a "Civilized Nation" that should be involved in the possible parceling of Africa. Owing to Ottoman weakness, there were no Ottoman colonies in Africa.
The first arrival of Europeans in Kenya was 1498, by the Portuguese. Permanent settlement by Europeans began with the Berlin Conference in 1885, which subdivided East Africa among the European colonialists.
There were two major outcomes of the Berlin conference of the 1884 and 1885. First is that the European nations were united and the second outcome was the rules that were set up on how to each would get a share of African countries to colonize.
What did the 15 European countries who met at the Berlin Conference in 1884 determine
Europeans were able to colonize Africa without fighting with one another.
The Berlin Conference, which took place in 1884 - 1885 is known by a couple of alternate names. One is the Congo Conference, and the other is the Berlin West Africa Conference.
The country was Africa :)
King Leopold of Belgium became the monarch of the Congo Free State.
At the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 the European nations decided on how they would divide up the ownership of Central Africa to avoid fighting over it. The conference didn't actually approve the territorial claims of the European nations, but they did agree on a set of rules to avoid conflict in partitioning of the region.
King Leopold of Belgium became the monarch of the Congo Free State.
1884 - 1885. Goal was to divide up Africa between all the European nations except for Switzerland.
Berlin Conference
The city of Berlin, Germany was the site of the Berlin Conference from November, 1884 to February, 1885, during which European countries negotiated colonial boundaries and trade during the "Scramble for Africa" (New Imperialism) that began around 1880.
R. J. Gavin has written: 'The scramble for Africa' -- subject(s): Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885), History, Sources