nature and purpose of scramble of africa Flashcards
reasons for the scramble of africa important figures and themes
reasons for growing interest in africa
-development of steamboats: allowed merchants to sell manufactured goods
- missionary societies and churches ; were keen to open up africa to christianity and convert them
- press/geographical societies;
made europeans interested in journeys across africa that were taken by explorers - governments welcomed the discoveries of explorers
who is david livingstone
a scottish explorer and the first european to cross africa in 1854-56
his discoveries revealed the potential of africa to european states and played a key part in the first stages of the sof(scramble of africa)
who is king leopold
the king of belgium from 1865-1909
and the founder of the iaa(international african association)
how is king leopold significant to the scramble of africa
he set up the IAA and claimed his aim was to defeat/stop the slave trade however his actual aim was to ‘to get a slice of this delicious african cake’ (to get african colonies)
he encouraged pierre brazza (a french explorer) and stanley to organize expeditions in the name of the IAA to open up lower congo.
who was pierre brazza
he is a french explorer who went on an expedition to lower congo after much encouragement from king leopold. However he had orders to secretly annex lower congo for france without Leopold’s knowledge. He failed to do so but instead became a french hero and gained public support for french ambitions in congo.
when did egypt go bankrupt
1876
when was the suez canal opened
1869
what happened after Egypt went bankrupt in 1876
they could no longer pay the interest on the money lent by european investors , Britain and france who were majority of shareholder in the suez canal company took over egypts finances
how did the british become the sole masters of egypt
in 1881 britain and france were challenged by a nationalist uprising uprising led by officers in the egyptian army the french government refused the dispatch of french troops and britain were left to deal with the uprising alone. the british won and became the masters of egypt.They did not leave despite repeated assurance that they would once order was restored
