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People had no say what would happen.
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The slaves would work for years and get treated like dirt while the land owners would be rich.
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They started to make trading posts
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In 1500 Africa they started to sell guns
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They wanted to control a lot of the trade routes.
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The Chinese found something that they would buy.
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The African Americans thought that they should protest during world war 2.
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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.
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Britain grabbed more land in western, central and southern Africa while France seized most of West Africa.
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They had little or no pay and they would have there hands chopped off.
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The policies of apartheid led to violent Revolts
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In 1948, white South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law
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In 1948, white South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law. Apartheid is a policy of legal separation based on race
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Sudan gained its independence from Great Britain in 1956
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Ghana would gain its independence in 1957
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Line in Africa wasn’t good after INDEPENDENCE.
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Independence came to Rwanda in 1962 after which violence broke out and the Hutu took control.
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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,
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In 1964,Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life
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in 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power
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In 1976 the Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent.
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F.W. de Klerk was elected president
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In 1994, South Africa held its first open elections in which Nelson
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1994 when Hutu began to engage in genocide against the Tutsi people. Between 800,000 to 1 million Tutsi people were murdered.
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In 2010, people in Tunisia began to agitate for a more democratic government
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Mubarak was a dictator who had controlled Egypt for 30 years. He was forced to resign in 2011.
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In 2011, President Ben Ali resigned and a democratic government was elected. Similar victories occurred in Algeria and Morocco.
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Qaddafi was captured and killed in 2011, and a new government was elected.
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Morsi’s term was short because in 2013, his government was overthrown by the military