African American Imperialism Dbq Analysis

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King Leopold would slice off the hands of many Africans. The Africans who had amputated hands would be a terrifying reminder to the rest of the community that if they underwent the desires of the king they would suffer consequences that would last the Africans a lifetime. The impact behind the ambition of European Imperialism in Africa was nationalism, politics and economics.
Economic ambition was caught by Europeans who would export most of the Africa's resources at a cheap cost and sold them at a costly price which highly benefited the Europeans. In document D it states that resources, exported such as cotton were industrial to fabrics. Another example is a rubber product from the Congo Free State that was exported to later be sold as waterproof