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= Great Britain Colonizes Africa = **__ Introduction __** Before the 18th century, Africa was divided into hundreds of ethnic groups that spoke thousands of different languages. These groups interacted with each other as well as some European nations. Until the 1800s, Europeans interacted with African nations through trade networks that were set up along the coasts of Africa. Due to rapid African rivers, Europeans were not able to trade with African tribes that lived in the interior of Africa, until the invention of the steam boat. When Europeans were able to explore the interior of Africa, they discovered the vast amount of natural resources that Africa possessed, and saw many different groups of un-modernized and un-educated people roaming the space of Africa, in tribes with no set laws, or government. Greedy for the land and natural resources, many European countries competed with each other for territory. Among these competing European countries was Great Britain. Great Britain was a competitive nation that led the way in colonizing territory in Africa. As time went on these competitive European countries continued to fight each other for territory. Then in 1884, The Berlin Conference was called by Bismarck, prime minister of Prussia/Germany, to discuss the establishment of international guidelines for the acquisition of African territory. This conference split the territory of Africa up amongst the 14 European nations that had established territory in Africa. When the conference was over in 1885, Great Britain ended up with 17 colonies throughout Africa. For the next 60 years these colonies would go through many civil wars with each other, and Great Britain for their independence. **__Great Britain's Colonies in Africa__**

- Egypt -East Africa -Union of South Africa -Nigeria -Anglo-Egyptian Sudan -Uganda -British Somaliland -Nyasaland -Nothern Rhodesia -Southern Rhodesia -Bechuanaland -Swaziland -Basutoland -Walvis Bay -Gold Coast -Sierra Leone -Gamha

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