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The Scramble For Africa
More Info. The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territory during the New Imperialism period, between the 1880s and the start of World War I. To speak of the "scramble for Africa" is to begin a debate that is centuries old. In the words of Robert Collins, "The explanations [for the colonization of Africa] are nearly as unsatisfactory as th -
Diamonds in the British Cape Colony
More Info. When diamonds were discovered in 1867, it let other people know that it was a lot to be plundered in Africa. And it forshadowed the blood that will be spilled over the riches. -
Cape Colony granted self-government
More Info. In 1872 Britian granted Cape Colony with self-government. And it later was combined with three other British colonies in 1910 to form the Union of South Africa. -
David Livingstone Dies
More Info. With David Livingstone dying, it put an end to the Golden Age of Exploration in Africa. The British established missionary bases throughout Central Africa in the late 1870s while at the same time adopting an aggressive policy towards native populations and colonial rivals alike. -
The British defeat the Ashanti
More Info. The Ashanti lost their trade outlet to sea, when the British bought the Elmina Castle. So the Ashanti tried to fight the British but did not succeed. The Ashanti were once allies with the British. -
George Goldie seeks fortune in West Africa
More Info. George Goldie was a Manx administrator who made the Central African Company in order to gain mineral wealth in West Africa and was ready to set about conquering territory in order to gain the mineral wealth. . -
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The First Boer War
The First Boer War
British expansion into southern Africa was fueled by three prime factors: first, the desire to control the trade routes to India that passed around the Cape; second, the discovery in 1868 of huge mineral deposits of diamonds around Kimberley on the joint borders of the South African Republic (called the Transvaal by the British), The Boers became sick of the British, so the Boers invaded Natal and forced the British into recognizing Transvaal's independence. -
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The Berlin Conference
More Info. The Berlin Conference: Intense rivalries among Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, and Portugal for additional African territory, instigate the Berlin conference. No African states were invited to the Berlin conference, and none signed these agreements. Whenever possible, Africans resisted decisions made in Europe, but revolts in Algeria, in the western Sudan, in Dahomey, in Ashanti Land, in Sierra Leone, and in the Fulani Hausa states were eventually defeated. -
Cecil Rhodes' Mineral Rights
More Info. Cecil Rhodes established the British South African Company with Lord Rothschild's help in 1889. Rhodes and Rothschild wanted the mineral rights and ultimately the territory itself that lay in Chief Lobengula's Matabele land. They had 700 volunteered men and marched off to fight Lobengula's 3000 impi warriors. However, Rhodes had armed his men with the new Maxim gun. The 0.45-inch weapon could fire 500 rounds per minute: fifty times faster than the best rifle then. -
France Takes Madagascar
More Info. France invades Madagascar and takes the captial Tana on October 1, 1895. France loses only 20 men in battle during the campaign but more than 6,000 to disease. -
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The Second Boer War
The Second Boer WarTransvaal President Paul Kruger attempted to take a stand against the Birtish. In 1900, the British responded under Sir Redvers Buller and General Roberts. The Boers under Smuts and Botha led a guerrilla warfare campaign against Roberts's successor Kitchener until they agreed to a peace treaty at Pretoria in 1902. Although the British "won" the war, they were forced to make concessions to Afrikaner (Boer) political organizations for internal control of South Africa. -
Belgium takes over Congo Free State.
More Info. It was under the rule of King Leopold II that Belgium started advancing towards gaining control over the region of Congo. It started out by enforcements of certain treaties on the people of the region. Eventually the king appealed to the world to recognize Belgium’s claim to this African region and so it did happen but with severe resentment. -
Boers and Afrikiners gained control in the Union of South Africa
More Info.With the Boers and Afrikaners gaining control in the Union of South Africa, the first general election was held and Louis Botha became South Africa's first President. -
Nelson Mandela Inaguaration
Nelson Mandela InagurationThe South African Native Congress, later known as the ANC, was established in 1912 as an attempt to resist the white domination of its country. The ANC would finally succeed, 82 years later, in seeing the first democratically elected Black President of South Africa come to power. Nelson Mandela was inaugurated on 10th May 1994. -
French makes Morocco Protectorate
More Info. The French basically took control over Morocco and they made sure they protected it. Morocco did not have the right as a sovereign state. The protectorate lasted until 1956. -
Egypt Independence
More Info. Egypt finally gains independence from Britain under the rule of King Fruad. The people of Egypt used non-violent protest to win their independence.
