The Maxim gun was

invented in 1884 and was

Motivations the first automatic
machine gun
for European countries were
imperialism Quinine drug made
against slave labor, so they
justified taking over Africa by

in Africa in 1829 made

saying that they were saving
the africans from slavery.
Europeans immune
Suez Canal was completed
to malaria in 1869 which allowed
easier transporting of goods

Missionaries went to
Africa because they
Key wanted to spread
= Missionaries Christianity

Africans thought that Africa

= Diamond Mines would be a good market for
Europeans also
their produced goods,
saw Africa as way
however the goods were
= Malaria overpriced and Africans
to get cheap labor
didn’t buy them.

= African Weaponry The Africans were

forced to fight the Social darwinism was
European Maxim that Europeans felt
= European Venders guns with shields and that it was their
spears. This resulted responsibility to take
in the deaths of over African Countries
= Maxim Gun African land served as 17,267,000 Africans and bring “civilization”
convenient stopping during Imperialist to “uncivilized” people.
points between conquests
European countries (1451-1870).
and other colonies. For
example the British
used South Africa as a
stop for ships on their Gold and
way to India. Diamonds in
South Africa
was sought
after
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