Zusammenfassung der Ressource
2nd Moroccan Crisis
- Causes
- 1908 French installed a pro French ruler in charge of Morocco
- 1911 there was rebellion against the ruler
- This was put down with French help
- French wanted full control so tried to take over again
- French said they would
compensate German if its
trade suffered
- Events
- Germany sent a gun boat 'The Panther' to Agadir
- Britain was worried that
Germany was going to set up a
naval base in Agadir
- They didn't want naval ships in the Mediterranean
- Another conference was called
- Consequences
- Britain and France stood firm against Germany again
- France took control of Morocco
- In compensation, Germany was given 100,000
square miles of Congo
- The land was mostly swamp and jungle
- Britain and France signed a naval agreement
- France patrol the Mediterranean and
Britain France's Alantic and North sea