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Scramble For Africa Begins
King Leopold II of Belgium began the scramble for Africa because he wanted to control land in Africa for mining. -
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Boer Wars
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Great Britain obtains South Africa
British forces took over South Africa due to the easy trade route to India -
Great Britain Moves up the Eastern Coast
After the South Africa takeover the Brits tool control of the eastern coast for more trade routes. -
Great Britain Takes Over North Africa
After taking control of East Aftica the Brits heard about gold and silver in North Africa and Britain took command of Egypt -
Berlin Conference
European countries and their leaders all met in Berlin and created rules and regualtions to African exploration. -
Britain fights the Boers
When Great Britain went to the Cape of South Africa they discovered the Boers had already arrived and fought them for the land. -
Battle of Fashoda
Britain and France disagreed over land. Both thought they owned the land of Fashoda. The two countries were going to go to war. Right before they agreed who got what land. This was called the Anglo-French Agreement. France got the land of Fashoda and Morocco. Britain got Egypt and Sudan. -
Second British vs Boers War
After losing the land in 1895 The Boers returned to try to regain the land but lost again in a three year war to The Brits. -
France comtemplates Africa
After being defeated by Prussia, France were still interested in gaining land in Africa. French politicians wanted to move east to Senegal and south to Algeria and Tunisia. They never came to a conclusion of african take over.
