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the scramble for Africa was a huge cause of tension between the european powers in 1900 because all of the european countries wanted to expand their empires colonially. they fought over certain lands in africa, especially, that gave them sea access and trade routes. also, each african country had their own Natural Resources that europeans wanted badly.

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