European Imperialism in Africa by Dylan Asgarian https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d Better technology helped Europeans conquer Africa en-us 2019-02-26 13:18:09 UTC 2025-07-17 19:21:42 UTC hello@padlet.com dylasg20 https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335331538 Better Guns helped the Europeans more easily conquer Africa. ]]> 2019-02-26 13:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335331538 Repeating Rifle dylasg20 https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335333355 Invented in late 1800s ]]> 2019-02-26 13:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335333355 dylasg20 https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335334694 The repeating rifle was a gun that could fire multiple shots until having to reload . ]]> 2019-02-26 13:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335334694 dylasg20 https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335336657 This gave a much better fire rate over traditional muskets that the Africans had. The repeating rifle was also much more accurate. ]]> 2019-02-26 13:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335336657 Maxim Gun dylasg20 https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335337732 Invented in 1884]]> 2019-02-26 13:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335337732 dylasg20 https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335340760 The maxim gun had an impressive fire rate of 550-600 rpm which was very high at the time. ]]> 2019-02-26 13:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335340760 dylasg20 https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335342055 The maxim gun could also sustain fire for very long periods of time and was fed with 250 round belts. ]]> 2019-02-26 13:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335342055 dylasg20 https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335859086 The maxim gun was regarded as the first machine gun ]]> 2019-02-27 13:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/335859086 Hi dylasg20 https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/336384852 2019-02-28 13:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dylasg20/bbc4nfa3ah3d/wish/336384852