Question

Why were europeans attracted to africa in the late 19th century mention any three reasons?

Answer 1

In the late 19th century, Europeans were attracted to Africa due to its vast resources of land and minerals. Europeans came toAfrica hoping to establish plantations and mines to produce crops and minerals for export to Europe. They could get cheap labour also to work on lesser wages in the mines and plantation farms.

(i) Europeans were attracted due to the resources of land

and minerals of Africa.

(ii) They came to Africa to establish plantations and

exploit mines.

(iii) African countries were militarily weak and backward.

So, it was easy to conquer them.

Answer 2

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• Europeans were attracted to Africa due to its vast resources of land and minerals.
• Europeans came to Africa hoping to establish plantation and mines to produce crops and minerals for export to Europe.
• Inheritance laws were changed so that peasants were displaced from land, only one member of family was allowed to inherit land , as a result of which the others were pushed into the labour market.
• Europeans divided different regions of Africa among themselves.

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