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During the Golden Age of Exploration, Europeans sailed south to seek the wealt of silks and spices found in India and China.
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In the early 1500’s, European Traders sold guns and European made goods in trade for Slaves. The slaves were shipped across The Atlantic Ocean to work on the sugar, rice, and cotton plantations.
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By the early 1800s, the Europeans were colonizing/ taking over countries for their resources.
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By 1900, Europe had taken over almost all of Africa.
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In 1910, South Africa is granted independence
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In 1930, Italy invaded the country of Ethiopia
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Due to inspiration form WWII, the Africans decide to rebel against colonization.
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In the 1940s, Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of Pan-Africanism. Pan-Africanism is the belief in the unity of all Black Africans worldwide.
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In 1948, White South Africans wrote Apartheid into Law
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In 1957, Ghana gained independence
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In 1960, Nigeria ended their struggle against Great Britain and became an independent country
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In 1960, the Belgium Congo became independent,
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In 1963, Kenya gained independence form Great Britain
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In 1964, Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for protesting against Apartheid,
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In 1965, Joseph Mobutu gains power. He renamed the country Zaire.
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In 1976, the Igbo People tried to call themselves independent. They named the country Biafra.
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In 1997, Joseph Mobutu lost power after a long and uninterrupted rein.