Africa

=__**AFRICA!!!**__= =**Social and Political Events**=

**Sugar is first produced:**
- Came from sugar cane farms - the farms were based in Natal



- The European countries benefit because they are able to produce sugar cheaply and are able to sell it back to their citizens cheaply.
 * Who Benefits and How ?**

- The natives have to give up their land and become poorly paid and treated workers on the farmland.
 * Negative Consequences:**

**Copper Mining:**
- Begins at a place called Springbokfontein - Was a huge industry

- The foreign 'invaders' benefit because copper is a very useful metal and can be sold at a good price as well.
 * Who Benefits and How?**

- The mines are poorly built and ventilated - The result is tunnels collapsing, killing the natives who are being forced to work inside them - Mining is a very difficult job
 * Negative Consequences:**

**First settlements are established:**
- the settlements of Queenstown and Seymour



- The foreign countries are the people who benefit because the settlements are based near the river, where resources from inland Africa can be loaded on to ships here and set back back to their respective countries
 * Who Benefits and How?**

- The natives lose again, because this means that their natural resources can be exploited faster and more easily
 * Negative Consequences:**

- Is granted to every property owning male in the Cape provence - Including Africans
 * The Right To Vote:**

- The Africans benefits form this because they are able to speak up and have their own say - Is an advance of democracy in Africa
 * Who Benefits and How?**

- The foreign rulers lose some of their power
 * Negative Consequences:**

=Technology And What It Does= = = =**Firearms:**= - For hunting - To protect the rulers - For keeping the slaves in order

- Provided greater accuracy and range than other weapons - Could be carried by foot soilders
 * Benefits:**

- Workers were more controlled - Had less chance of escaping - Created violence, deaths, and many losses of human lives
 * Negative Consequences:**

- The treatment and prevention of a disease, primarily malaria. - The treatment and prevention of disease, especially tropical diseases Europeans are unfamiliar with, such as malaria. - Advances in medical science, particularly in the field of tropical disease, made it safer for the Europeans to go to Africa, and consequently easier (and cheaper) for the government, churches, military, and commercial firms to recruit European staff people.
 * Medication:**



- Medical science made it safer for europeans to go to Africa - Saved many peopl
 * Benefits:**

- Was expensive to ship to Africa - Workers were not allowed to use it/couldn't afford it
 * Negative Consequences:**

- Is a radio frequency based Morse code communication system
 * Telegraph:**



- It allowed colonies to connect with each other, so they could inform one another about important events etc..
 * Benefits:**

- Prevented rebellions and surprise attacks from natives
 * Negative Consequences:**

- Is a system used for trains to transport goods and humans - In 1851 Abaas I contracted Robert Stephenson to built Egypt's First Railway. - The first section between Alexandria on the mediterranean coast and Kafr el-Zayyat on the Rosetta branch of the Nile was opened in 1854.
 * Railroad:**

- Allowed for mass transportation of goods and people - Allowed for faster travel inland than possible on foot - The quick transportation of goods meant cheaper prices
 * Benefits:**

- The railroads were constantly being disrupted by the natives - Trains were prone to ambush
 * Negative Consequences:**

- A network of tunnels that goes deep into the ground for mining
 * Mines:**

- Allowed for the mining of precious metals and minerals that were abundant in Africa - The metals were gold, silver, copper and the minerals were diamonds, rubies, sapphire etc..
 * Benefits:**

- Many were killed while building and working in these mines - The mines were badly built
 * Negative Consequences:**


 * Citations:**

Jones, Jim. "Europe & Africa in the 19th Century." West Chester University's. West Chester University, 2010. Web. 29 Aug. 2011. .
 * Websites:**

Littell, McDougal. "The Age of Imperialism, 1850-1914." McLane High School. Freso Unified School District, 1999. Web. 29 Aug. 2011. .

"The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1850." Pearson. Pearson Education, 2011. Web. 29 Aug. 2011. .

"Queenstown." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. .

RoyalHistoricSociety. "Quick Introduction to Colonialism in Africa - YouTube." YouTube. 17 Aug. 2009. Web. 29 Aug. 2011. .

Telegraph Timeline. Photograph. NADCOMM. By Don R. House. Web. 30 Aug. 2011. .
 * Images:**

Antique Folding Trigger Revolver European Gun 1800s. 2011. Photograph. Midwest Estate Buyers Online Discount Store for Art Collectibles Sports Coins Jewelry. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. .

Queenstown. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. .

Cuban Workers on a Sugar Plantation Harvesting Sugar Cane. Photograph. Fasttrack Teaching Materials. By David Burns. 2009. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. .

//Votes//. "The 19th amendment that gave women the right to vote, 90 years on." //Richard Adam's Blog//: n. pag. //Guardian.co.uk//. N.p., n.d Web. 31 Aug. 2011. .

//Men working 2000 ft. undergound in Kimberley Diamond Mine, South Africa//. 1890-1905. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Sept. 2011. .

//Building the Line//. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. .

Orlop. "Maine Maritime Museum: What To See » Notes From the Orlop." //Maine Maritime Museum: Welcome//. Maine Maritime Museum, 3 Jan. 2011. Web. 01 Sept. 2011. .

Sites you can use to learn more about technology, revolution and imperialism in Africa are listed below:

Exploration in Africa

Imperialism in Africa

Global Effects of Change- great stuff, but not global

Europe and Africa

More Europe and Africa

Colonialism in Africa