Scramble for Africa (jan 1, 1881 – jan 1, 1914)

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The Scramble For Africa Scramble was a period of colonization, invasion, and division of African land by European powers. It took place from 1881-1914. European powers believed that Africa was a dark continent, which was racist terminology that referred to the peoples of Africa and their alleged ignorance. They believed Africa was "uncivilized" and primal. The European powers established the Berlin Conference from 1884–1885, which essentially divided up Africa agreeably, regulating European colonization and trade. European Powers such as Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Britain, and the United States. France, Germany, Great Britain, and Portugal were the dominating powers of the Berlin Conference. They divided Africa into 50 colonies, completely disregarding linguistic and cultural borders. European powers were drawn to Africa to exploit the gain of goods such as diamonds, foodstuffs, gold, ivory, rubber. They laid claim to land that was already occupied and took slaves and destroyed cultures and lives.

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