What impact did the Berlin Conference have?
C – to explain what impact the Berlin Conference had using following agreements as examples
B/A – to explain what impact official treaties and agreements had using the tidying up agreements and
other treaties as examples
• In 1886 Britain and Germany
settled the boundaries between
German East Africa and the
British territory to be known as
Rhodesia. And Germany
recognized Britain's claim to
Zanzibar.
• How does this link to the Berlin
Conference?
• Would this have happened
without the Berlin Conference?
• Label your map
Label your map
with the tidying up
agreements
around the room.
•
The year 1890 was a year of agreements. Britain recognized France's attempt to dominate Madagascar in
exchange for the French recognizing Britain's domination of Zanzibar and what was becoming Nigeria. And
the British and Germans signed a treaty, the British recognizing German East Africa and the Germans
recognizing Uganda as "falling within the British sphere."
How does this link
to the Berlin
Conference?
Would this have
happened without
the Berlin
Conference?
•
The British and Mwanga signed a treaty, Mwanga accepting British protection, and in 1894 the British
declared Uganda a protectorate.
How does this link
to the Berlin
Conference?
Would this have
happened without
the Berlin
Conference?
•
In 1895 Menelik signed a treaty with the Italians – the Treaty of Wuchale -- granting them control over
Eritrea.
How does this link
to the Berlin
Conference?
Would this have
happened without
the Berlin
Conference?
How does this link
to the Berlin
Conference?
Would this have
happened without
the Berlin
Conference?
•
In 1898 the French were claiming possession of the Upper Nile and that Britain had failed to achieve
“effective occupation” in the Upper Nile as required by the Berlin Conference. But the French government
chose not to war against the British, and in 1899 the French signed an agreement recognizing the Upper
Nile as a British sphere of influence.
How does this link
to the Berlin
Conference?
Would this have
happened without
the Berlin
Conference?
• Who would be happy with the tidying up
agreements?
• Who would be disappointed with the tidying up
agreements?
• How did the Berlin Conference affect colonisation
in these examples?
• Do you agree or disagree with Evans?
Example
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Berlin
Conference
Impact
Example
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Impact
Example
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• What was your question for this unit?
• To what extent did the Berlin Conference
make the takeover of the African continent,
in the name of the 3Cs, inevitable?
• How important was the Berlin Conference?
Essay Feedback
• Planning
• Abstract reason than three examples
• Focusing on the question throughout – make
your mind up!
• Check reading of chapter for homework.
– With the person next to you make a 5 minute
timeline on the colonisation of South Africa
How united was the Union of South Africa?
Cecil Rhodes
Standard Aim – to assess what Rhodes contributed to the British colonisation of Africa
Super Aim – to assess how far Rhodes strengthens the periphery argument for the British
colonisation of Africa
"To think of these stars that you see overhead
at night, these vast worlds which we can never
reach. I would annexe the planets if I could; I
often think of that. It makes me sad to see
them so clear and yet so far."
Why might Rhodes have
said this?
Might he have
contributed to the British
colonisation of Africa? In
what ways may he have
contributed?
Video 1
Cecil Rhodes – key
facts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXex6yM
vUmI&safe=active
3 mins 40 s
The Kimberley Mines...
Rhodesia
The Telephone line...
Video 3
C – Explain in each box four ways that Rhodes contributed to the British colonisation of
Africa. Explain what causes these represent.
B/A - Write four ways that Rhodes contributed to the British Colonisation of Africa.
Explain whether this shows the periphery or metropole had a strong role.
Homework
Everybody - Use today’s lesson, pp. 259-261 of your
photocopied chapter from last lesson and your own
research to produce a fact-file on Cecil Rhodes that I
could give to year 12 students next year. Include his
childhood, early adulthood and what he did in South
Africa. This must be in your own words.
Extension to get an A (even if we haven’t predicted you
one, students have outperformed our predictions in
the past with hard work). Read the Berlin West Africa
Confidence with a highlighter and write down five key
facts it tells you.