Because they decided that they wanted to conquer the world.
The discoveries of diamonds in 1867 and gold in 1886 in South Africa increased Europeans interest in colonizing the continent
??1885?? Has to be later than 1885, as the 'Scramble for Africa' was still going on in the mid 1890's.
What factors led the Europeans to begin to begin their voyages of exploration?
Between 1550 and 1650 AD Europeans were purchasing people in Africa to place in slave trade. To purchase humans from Africa the Europeans were trading products such as glass beads and iron bars.
They explored Africa.
Europeans first saw West Africa as a new territory to obtain spices and agricultural products. West Africa was also a place for Europeans to trade their own goods.
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There was no slavery in Africa before the Europeans got involved!
They needed workers and indentured servants didn’t work out. Anyone who was African was a slave so it was very easy to know where they were.
Resistance by Africa,difficult geography and diseases kept Europeans from moving into the interior of Africa.
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Africa was colonized by the Europeans. :) peace out home dogz!