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Europeans sailed south around the continent of Africa to reach the Wealth of skills and spices found in India.
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the amount of kills were increased by a lot
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began to sell the African guns, also made goods to trade for slaves. The slaves were transported all the way across the Atlantic Ocean right to America.
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The Europeans started colonizing or taking over or took over another country because of the stuff they had.They took over Spain, Suez Canal, Western North Africa, etc
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1800s, they were colonizing or taking over another country for the resources it can provide.
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Europe had nearly taken over half of Africa. The only country they didn't take over is Ethiopia, which is probably because they don't have as many goods as the other countries.
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Whites still told people what to do and where to go. South Africa did control the government and the business that happened
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Kenya Is important to Great Britain because Kenya provided Great Britain lots of resources, but Great Britain wanted to colonize Kenya.
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Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism which was a belief in the unity of all Black Africans worldwide.
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In 1948, white South Africans known as Afrikaners made apartheid law.
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One of the civil wars started in 1956 and ended almost 12 years after
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Ghana would gain its independence in 1957.
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Belgium Congo became independent in 1960.
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Independence came to Rwanda in 1962 right after violence came and the Hutu took control.
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It took years but Kenya became independent in 1963.
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Nelson Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison because of the good things he did. Mandela was the best leader of the African National Congress.
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in 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power.
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In 1976 the Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent.
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Millions of people died,
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This war started from 1983 to 2005, so many people died and got tortured
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Nelson Mandela was released from prison
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De Klerk and Nelson were rewarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in ending apartheid.
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Rawanda had to continue the violence until 1994 when Hutu began to include themselves and fight for Rwanda. Millions of people died fighting.
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In Darfur (an area west of Sudan) water is scarce which led to black farmers fighting with Arab herders for control of what water exists.
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They began to want more democratic government, as if it were a addiction
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Sudan realized and recognized South Sudans independence
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President Ben Ali retired and a democratic government was elected.
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Qaddafi was captured and killed, so a new government was elected in 2011
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Mubarak was replaced by a Islamic fundamentalist government.
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Morsi’s term was short because in 2013, his government was taken over by the military.