Imperialism

By Volleyball17
  • 1400

    Europeans

    Europeans begin to sail south and around of Africa as an attempt silks and species in China and India.
  • 1500

    Gun trades from Africa and Europe

    Europeans began to sell guns from Africa and Europeans made good trades in exchange for slaves. Slaves then were sent across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 1500

    Middle Passage

    About 20% of the guns that were takin did not survive the Middle Passage. Which made it harder for the Africans to survive, so the Europeans took over.
  • 1500

    Trading Posts in Africa

    The Europeans started to build trading posts in Africa, then many years later they were taking over other countries resources.

  • Control of Suez Canal

    Britain started to grab Egypt to get control of the Suez Canal, then France took in charge of most of North Africa. Spain and Italy then also got some territory in Morocco and Somalia.

  • Europe has takin most country’s

    Europe has takin almost all of Africa. The only country to thats left as uncolonized was Ethiopia, although Italy did invade the country in 1930.

  • Africans rebel

    Africans started to rebel against colonization.

  • Independent from Great Britain

    South Africa was allowed independence from Great Britain. Although white people had small groups in South Africa, they took over the government and businesses

  • Pan-Africanism

    Pan-Africanism inspired Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya and Nnamdi Azikiwe in Nigeria to upset them for freedom. The Kikuyu people of Kenya started a political organization to fight for their freedom from Great Britain.

  • Kwame Nkrumah

    Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism which meant the belief in unity of all Black Africans all around the world.

  • Afrikaners

    White South Africans known as Afrikaners made the apartheid law.

  • Sudan got independence

    Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain

  • South rebelled Northen rule

    The people in the south rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars.

  • Ghana got independence

    Ghana then gained his independence.

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria became independent following a wild struggle against the British.

  • Belgium Congo

    Belgium Congo became independent.

  • Rwanda

    Independence came to Rwanda after violence broke out and the Hutu took over.

  • Joao Kenyatta

    Kenya finally became independent, and Jomo Kenyatta became the first leader.

  • Mandela

    Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for his actions. Mandela would not stay quite and began again to protest from prison.

  • Joseph Mobutu

    Belgium Congo was unable to create a agreeable government, so Joseph Mobutu seized power

  • Igbo

    Igbo tried to make their country independent, then was going to name their new country Biafra. Launched a Cilvil War, which killed about 1 million people before Igor agreed to remain part of Nigeria.

  • F.W. De Klerk

    F.W. de Klerk was elected president of South Africa

  • Apartheid

    F.W. De Klerk announced the end of apartheid and released Nelson Mandela from prison.

  • Noble Peace Prize

    Mandela and de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in ending apartheid.

  • Nelson Mandela

    South Africa held its first open elections in which Nelson Mandela was elected the new president.

  • Hutus

    Millions of Hutus escaped into the Democratic Republic of Congo where the Hutu and Tutsi continued to fight.

  • Tunisia

    People in Tunisia started to agitate for a increase in democratic government.

  • Sudan got recognized

    Sudan recognized South Sudan’s independence.

  • Ben Ali

    President Ben Ali resigned and a democratic government had been elected.

  • Qaddafi

    War broke out and other countries supported the rebels and began fighting Qaddafi. Qaddafi was then caught and killed.