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Who the king of Belgium saw the Congo as an opportunity for Belgium to acquire its first colony?
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Leopold II
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Is Belgium in Congo?
No it's not. Belgium is a European country, western Europe. While Congo is located in Africa. Congo is a former colony of Belgium though.
What European country controlled the Africa Congo before world war 2?
The Democratic Republic of Congo was a Belgium colony. The Republic of Congo was a France colony.
Where did the Congo War take place?
In the Congo, which is now an independent African country, but at that time it was a colony of Belgium.
Congo was a colony of?
Belgium, butthe king owned it until it was taken away by other counrtries since he used pointless punishment.
What was Belgium's only colony in Africa?
Belgian Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). It was founded in 1908 and became independent in 1960.
What year was Congo colonized?
Henry Morton Stanley's exploration of the Congo in 1876 directly led to it becoming a colony of Belgium. Congo became a free state in 1885.
Who was the Belgian leader who carved out of his own personal colony into the Congo river region?
That was King Leopold 2 of Belgium.
What likely explains the poor standing of leopold ll among historians today?
Leopold II of Belgium was incredibly abusive and barbaric in the way he went about governing the Belgian Congo (the colony that is now the independent country called the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
What did king leopold of belgium claim his primary motive was in establishing a colony in the Congo?
to abolish slave trade and promote Christianity
African country that was ruled by belgium for fifty-two years?
The Belgian Congo was Belgiums African colony between 1908 and 1960. The country is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formerly known, in chronological order, the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo-Léopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire
Was Zaire a colony?
Yes. Zaire was the only African country colonized by Belgium. It was known as the Belgian Congo. (Zaire is currently known as the Democratic Republic of Congo, D.R. Congo, or D.R.C. It is also called Congo-Kinshasa, Kinshasa being the capital.) This is to distinguish it from the neighboring "Republic of Congo" (Congo-Brazaville). The Republic of Congo, or Congo-Brazaville, is the former colonial French Congo.
In the Congo who controlled the Congo in 1950?
The Kingdom of Belgium
