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An imperial power controlling an areas port and have to pay port to port to get to a different country's products.

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Where company's are being protected by hired soldiers.This company is usually very big deal in that region to get protected.

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This is where one powerful country would take control another country and protect it from others.Mostly the country's that take control are usually European power

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The country's that took land in Africa would take land along the coast but would make sure there were other countries on top or on the sides so ,they could prepare if they were to get attacked.

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Another way the country's control there people with government was direct rule.This is where the country that took over would send some of their officials to take over the leadership of that country.

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WHen the great powers of Europe started taking land in Africa it needed a type of political control.One of them was where that country allowed the natives to keep there beliefs and government.All of the same people of Africa are still in power but the imperial power made all the decisions for them.

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During this time powerful countries from Europe were starting to conquer land in Africa.By getting this new territory and the control people in it the countrys start to become empires.