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1888, 1900, 1891, 1902, 1908, 1960.

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-King Leopold took on the title of “King-Sovereign of the Congo Free State.”
-The government also began looking for other ways to make money. Leopold made it so the Congolese people could only sell their products (mostly ivory and rubber) to the state. Companies, controlled by Leopold, were allowed to detain Africans who did not work hard enough.
-In 1908, the Belgian government took over the Congo Free State, taking power away from Leopold. Through the 1960s, the Belgians maintained economic and political control in the region as Africans continued to provide labor with minimal profit for themselves. In an attempt to reconstruct Congolese society, the Belgians tried to restore power to traditional chiefs, but most of the old chiefs were dead and their system of power was destroyed.

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In 1891, Western nations learned about Leopold's cruelty in the Congo and demanded that King Leopold II answer for what he'd done.

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Groups that were important in this reading were the tribes that were based in Congo. These tribes were affected greatly by King Leopolds actions and were forced into labor because of him. This lead to a massive decrease in their population and a massive decrease in quality of life.

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The Budja Tribe successfully revolted against the Europeans but were later killed by the European military. Other Africans resorted to flight because of this.

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In 1908, the Belgian government took over the Congo Free State, taking power away from Leopold.

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In 1908, the Belgian government took over the Congo Free State, taking power away from Leopold.

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"The local traders responded with force. They raided and burned Free State trading posts."

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King Leopold was a terrible person but he was a big part of why the tribes were suffering. King Leopold and his soldiers forced any of the native people to collect rubber for them, and if they did not come back with enough rubber they would get their hands cut off or have another atrocity committed against them.

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In 1888 the force publique came out. The British parliament began to check what the king was doing/his methods in 1903. In 1891 they heard reports of the crimes the king was committing. The Belgians gained control in the 1960s.

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The berlin conference took place in belgium and they planned to take control of congo and other countries in africa but mostly congo.

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The political effect of all of this could be that the congo government was taken over by Belgium, and a social effect could be that the king tried to tell them that they had to change their culture and change the way that they spoke. It shows an economic effect because he got lots and lots of money from enslaving the people of congo and torturing them and killing them because there was lots of rubber from trees.

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One way that the Congolese resisted was by not gathering and bringing back resources such as rubber, but when they didn't they were whipped to death. This also happened when they didn't bring back enough resources

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King Leopold took complete control over Congo, and exploited the people living there, and it's natural resources to get Belgium wealthy. He tried to educate the people of Congo, but in doing so ignored the history and culture of their past, and basically erased most of it.

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The Colonies defended by raiding and burned free state trading pots   

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The Colonies defended by raiding and burned free state trading pots   

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Belgium was planning on taking control of the congo and other countries

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Belgium was planning on taking control of the congo and other countries