Dbq African Imperialism Early 1800's

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In the early 1800’s, Africa was controlled by European powers who never took quality of life for African citizens into consideration. Their only thought was for personal gain, to increase their influence.There was injustice for the Africans. Therefor, the Africa imperialism effects were more negative than positive socially and economically because and Europeans took most of their land, natural sources and they would mistreat them. This ruined much of the unity among Africans.

The African imperialism was more negative than positive economically because the Europeans took over most of their land and natural resources. In a Document (document 1) Ndebele Chief, leader of the tribe in Rhodesia, 1890 believes that his people should be protected