Africa

=**The Project**= http://sites.google.com/site/imperialismsubsaharanafrica/home

=**Sub-Saharan Africa** =

Scramble for Africa- The Scramble for Africa was a period in time when European countries such as Britain and Belgium, took over other countries in Africa. They used better technologies, rifles, metals, etc. and they conquered native lands and made them slaves. The African Countries were colonized and they used the natives for their work force and resources. This caused a massive surge in the European economy, and created a more powerful Europe.

Berlin Conference -The __Berlin West African Conference __ in 1884-1885 was set to negotiate and sort the crowded spheres of influence. They were able to come to peaceful agreements about which regions would be given to which empires. Within the conference, there were fourteen nations involved and in those fourteen, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Portugal were the dominating powers, controlling most of Africa at the time. 

King Leopold II of Belgium  ( Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor) Born on April 9th of 1835 in Brussels, Belgium, Leopold was born into royalty. He held numerous governmental positions at a young age and served until his rank of lieutenant-general.His most notable event was the foundation of the Congo Free State and the beginning of the Association Internationale Africaine in 1876. He hired Stanley to make treaties with the locals along the Congo River, main intentions being the creation of the king's new colony, though Belgium was not financially stable at the time.