The Berlin Conference by JUSTICE NEWELL https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f AP English assignment en-us 2019-01-28 18:05:10 UTC 2024-08-11 03:15:37 UTC hello@padlet.com jnewell9 https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325073600 2019-01-28 18:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325073600 The Berlin Conference boswald1 https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325075503 Organized by Otto von Bismark, then the German Chancellor, in 1884. Regulated European colonization and claims of the African continent, divided land among the 14 nations involved, especially France, Britain, Belgium and Germany. After ending in 1885, vast majority of African continent came under direct colonial control, with only a few nations remaining independent before being conquered later in the early 20th century.]]> 2019-01-28 18:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325075503 jnewell9 https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325076398 The Berlin Conference began in 1884. It represented the formal beginning of a time period known as the Scramble for Africa until some twenty years later. The conference, itself, lasted only 4 months, all while dividing Africa into multiple national properties. ]]> 2019-01-28 18:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325076398 Spheres of Influence Determined by the Berlin Conference boswald1 https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325082019 France:  Most of Sahara Desert, Madagascar
Britain:  Egypt, Libya, South Africa and former Boer nations
Belgium:  Congo Region in Central Africa
Germany: Small tracts in Central, East and West Africa]]> 2019-01-28 18:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325082019 Consequences boswald1 https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325083624 Dissolution of most autonomous African states
Scramble for Africa
Rising imperialistic tensions leading up to First World War
Rising conflicts between colonists and natives, resulting in many small wars, such as the Boer War in South Africa]]> 2019-01-28 18:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325083624 jnewell9 https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325163324 2019-01-28 21:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325163324 jnewell9 https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325164802 2019-01-28 21:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325164802 jnewell9 https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325166498 2019-01-28 21:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jnewell9/8rotin2vdu1f/wish/325166498