History of Western Civilization II Final

ImperialismoThe policy of having an empireoEuropean countries conquer almost all of Africa politically at leastWhy?•Democracy necessitated political persuasionKing Leopold II of Belgium•A great scoundrel of Western History•Persuaded the Belgian parliament to use state resources to givehim a private colonyoThe Belgian Congo•Colonizes the Belgian Congo•People start realizing how rich he is becoming because of thiscolonization•People start thinking, “Woah, there’s a lot of money to bemade here and if we don’t get it somebody will”oScramble for AfricaoAfrica is the richest territory in the worldoMore resources there than anywhere elseoHow colonization happened?Many factors•Many Africans would ask European countries to comecolonize their territory to protect them