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Janissaries
Janissaries had been around for years in Northern Africa. North Africans were the only power with a standing army known as the Janissaries. The existance of Janissaries allowed N. Africa to be the upper-hand in militaristic events. -
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North Africa
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French Invasion
After the French invasion of 1798, Egypt was influenced by European ideas and began to industrialize. The use of cotton mills, foundries, ship yards, and weapon factories helped North Africa increase industrially. -
Delayed Industrialization
Cheap industrial imports, backed by Great Britain, delayed industrialization for a centrury in North Africa. -
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali introduced a number of political and economic reform's. He did this by expanding cotton production and encouraging the development of local industry, he increased Egyptian participation in world trade. Muhammad Ali also brought western military experts to Egypt to help build a well-trained army. -
War
Egypt came to war with the Ottoman Empire because the British did not want a powerful country to threaten the flow of travlers and mail from Britain. -
Imports
Muhammad Ali was forced by Britain to eliminate imports in the name of free trade. Egypt became an economic dependency of Britain. -
Scramble for Africa
the "Scramble for Africa began when a few French explorers found interest in the idea of using North Africa to play off the Germans against the British. This is what triggered the "Scramble for Africa." -
British Colonization
Britain wanted to control Egypt in order to secure the main route to India, Malaya, Australia, New Zealand, and also to Hong Kong, which all belonged to the British Empire at the time. -
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference changed European colonization and trade in all of Africa. It is often seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa. The conference ushered in a period of mass colonial activity due to the European powers. -
Textiles
Due to the British being dependent on North Africa for trade and manufactured goods and North Africa being dependent on Britain for economics, Britian grew to be the largest producer and exporter fo cotton textiles.
