https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r en-us 2020-02-18 05:30:29 UTC 2020-02-18 08:26:48 UTC hello@padlet.com swalkel405 https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446642070 Modern medicine and colonization allowed ones to travel to Africa, when they couldn't before due to sickness. When England came they found diamonds. And in finding diamonds, sparked interest among other European countries. The Zulu Nations tried to fight against the English but ultimately lost and brought about the Berlin Conference. The Berlin Conference was a gathering of European countries interested in the natural materials, these countries came together so as to cause less conflict with each other, not caring about the African people. Even after the Berlin Conference was over, this way of imperialistic thinking caused the European nations to continue to encroach upon several more African nations as they only saw these nations as a way to gain power, spread religious ideologies and receive more resources.

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]]> 2020-02-18 05:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446642070 swalkel405 https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446646911 The reason European countries colonized Africa was for money and power. They saw opportunity for their own gain in the resources Africa had.]]> 2020-02-18 06:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446646911 swalkel405 https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446647322 The interactions between Africa and the European nations caused Africa to be stunted. The world progressed while European control continued throughout. Most of the continent only gaining independence in the 1960's. They still have an economic system dependent on the European countries.]]> 2020-02-18 06:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446647322 swalkel405 https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446654420 England was in control of the Indian Spice Trade and traded with China. England used drugs like opium, to open further trade the Qing China, eventually the drugs destroyed their stability. A significant portion of the population became addicted to opium, foreign merchants conducted unregulated trade and the spread of Christianity all caused the Chinese people to lose faith in their government. The people believed they couldn't protect their country from foreign powers. That resulted in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China.]]> 2020-02-18 06:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446654420 swalkel405 https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446654734 Materials such as silk and tea drove England to trade with China. However, China had no interest in anything the English had because it was all manufactured and they just wanted silver in exchange. But because of trade with other countries, that made giving China silver for payment was difficult. Opium was used in little quantities and only for medicinal reasons, the English used their opium, which was stronger, to trade and the people began to use it. The Chinese government became aware and banned the use of it, causing the opium wars in which the English won then, forcing China to sign treaties for trade.]]> 2020-02-18 06:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446654734 swalkel405 https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446654949 Qing Dynasty China lacked support from its people. This causing military strength to drop and political will to suffer at the hands of corrupt officials who favored European interests. China was forced to legalize opium after suffering a loss at the hands of English and Indian forces in the Opium Wars. ]]> 2020-02-18 06:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446654949 swalkel405 https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446672919 Latin America was rich in resources had countries with newly gained independence and was seen as an area that needs money to modernize and industrialize. So they borrowed from other countries then became overtaken by debt to those countries.  The natural resources of the Latin American countries made them targets for the English and the United States. They constructed railroads in order to exploit the agricultural and mineral wealth of Latin America. ]]> 2020-02-18 08:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/swalkel405/io2fffsw587r/wish/446672919