-
Apr 11, 1400
Slavery
People had no say what would happen. -
May 15, 1402
Slavery and what would happen.
The slaves would work for years and get treated like dirt while the land owners would be rich. -
Feb 27, 1500
COLONIZATION
They started to make trading posts -
Jul 31, 1500
Selling
In 1500 Africa they started to sell guns -
COLONIZATION
They wanted to control a lot of the trade routes. -
Trading opium
The Chinese found something that they would buy. -
World war 2
The African Americans thought that they should protest during world war 2. -
Land
Germany and Portugal also claimed land in Africa south of the Sahara. By 1900 Europe had taken over nearly all of Africa. The only country to remain uncolonized was Ethiopia though Italy did invade the country in 1930. -
Britain
Britain grabbed more land in western, central and southern Africa while France seized most of West Africa. -
Slavery
They had little or no pay and they would have there hands chopped off. -
Revolting
The policies of apartheid led to violent Revolts -
White South Africa
In 1948, white South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law -
Afrikaners
In 1948, white South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law. Apartheid is a policy of legal separation based on race -
Sudan
Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain in 1956 -
Ghana
Ghana would gain its independence in 1957 -
INDEPENDENCE
Line in Africa wasn’t good after INDEPENDENCE. -
Rwanda
Independence came to Rwanda in 1962 after which violence broke out and the Hutu took control. -
Lawyers
Instead of becoming a clan leader, Mandela instead went to school to become a lawyer. As an adult, he
began to protest aparheid. In 1964,
Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life
in prison for his actions. -
Mandela
In 1964,Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life
in prison for his actions. -
Seizing power
in 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power -
Independence
In 1976 the Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent. -
De klerk
F.W. de Klerk was elected president
of South Africa in 1989. de Klerk realized
that apartheid could not continue -
Mandela
In 1990, he announced the end of apartheid and
released Nelson Mandela from prison. -
Election’s
In 1994, South Africa held its first open elections in which Nelson
Mandela was elected the new president. -
Hutu
1994 when Hutu began to engage in genocide against the Tutsi people. Between 800,000 to 1 million Tutsi people were murdered. -
Arab spring
In 2010, people in Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic government -
Mubarak
Mubarak was a dictator who had controlled Egypt for 30 years. He was forced to resign in 2011. -
Ben Ali
In 2011, President Ben Ali resigned and a democratic government was elected. Similar victories occurred in Algeria and Morocco. -
The killing
Qaddafi was captured and killed in 2011, and a new government was elected. -
Getting over thrown
Morsi’s term was short because in 2013, his government was overthrown by the military