"The Scramble For Africa"

"The Scramble For Africa" would be when every country fought for Africa.

In this picture the the main European Countries who were involved in this scramble were Portugal, Italy, Germany, Great Britian, and France.

The new Imperialism occured 1880-1900 that was when the Europe Government was scrambling for land in Africa. The reason for all the countries to be scrambling for Africa was because, they all wanted to gain power and prestige. They also wanted lands in Africa because in Africa there is alot of fresh crops and goods that the other countries want. By taking over the land, they thought that they would have more power.


The Europeans scrambled Africa fast because they had more of their countries trying to scramble Africa. Also by 1914 the French had most of West Africa. Also by 1914 most of Africa's land was conquered by France and Great Britian.

The Scramble affected the Africa people because the Decision that had to been made were made in London, Paris, Lisbon, and other European capital not in Africa. Also the Scramble affected the Africa people by getting goods from Europe and having protection from other Africa tribe by the Europeans.