Title: Imperialism in Africa - History Crunch - History Articles, Summaries, Biographies, Resources and More
Headings: IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
WHAT IS IMPERIALISM?
EARLY EUROPEAN EXPLORATION IN AFRICA
SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
IMPACTS OF IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
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Content: Imperialism is a term that relates to when one country extends its political, economic or cultural authority over another country or region. This process involves the dominant country taking over the other through direct invasion and political control or by gaining authority over the economy of the other country. Imperialism, in history, was a foreign policy practiced by many different nations but is most often associated with European countries, the United States, and some Asian countries.​
Britain played one of the most significant roles during the Age of Imperialism. As stated above, many European nations were spreading their influence throughout the world in the 18th and 19th centuries and took over control of vast regions of the world. However, Britain was the most important of these European nations, because the British Empire expanded the most at the time and came to be the largest empire in the world. France was second in terms of the size of its empire and played a significant role in the Age of Imperialism. Other significant European nations included Germany, Belgium and Spain. Together, these nations spread across the globe and took control over different regions, including: Africa, India, and China. ​
EARLY EUROPEAN EXPLORATION IN AFRICA
Europeans expressed an economic interest in Africa for a long period of time before the start of the Age of Imperialism.