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Description
Mind Map by Leona Deyaa, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Leona Deyaa
over 7 years ago
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Reasons for Expansion
- Trade & Economy
- New routes inland
- Discover minerals and
resources
- Climate was better
- Started cycle of
dependence
- New routes inland
- Personal Influence
- Merchant-imperialists
capitalised on new commodities
- George Goldie
- Cecil Rhodes
- George Goldie
- Explorers published findings,
produced maps & spread
exotic tales
- Merchant-imperialists
capitalised on new commodities
- Strategic Factors
- Coastal interests needed protection
- Forts on the Gold Coast
- Other defences in Sierra
Leone & Gambia
- Forts on the Gold Coast
- Cape Colony established
- Water port had advantages over
other harbours
- Protected sea route to the
Middle East, China & India
- Gave GB power over these routes
- Gave GB power over these routes
- Water port had advantages over
other harbours
- Coastal interests needed protection
- Moral Factors
- Christian missionaries thought it was
their duty to spread their faith
- Empire was seen as a force for
civilisation
- David Livingstone
- David Livingstone
- Christian missionaries thought it was
their duty to spread their faith
- Adventure & Exploration
- By 1857 most of Africa
had been mapped
- Explorers located raw materials
- Gold
- Palm Oil
- Diamonds
- Gold
- European merchants traded
with these
- By 1857 most of Africa
had been mapped
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