2009 world history free response questions/2002 dbq essay
The Africans had a lot of actions and reactions in response to the Europeans scramble for Africa.One action is non-violent,in documents 3,8.Document 3 talks about resorting back to traditional or past ways.This is a letter from Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia, letter to Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Russia In 1891 he states "I have no intention at all of being an indifferent spectator, if the distant powers hold onto the idea of dividing up Africa. In the past, the boundary of Ethiopia was the sea.Without our use of force and without the aid of Christians, our boundary on the sea fell into the hands of the muslims. "Today we do not pretend to be able to recover our seacoast by force;.This document was a document talking about tradition.Document 8 was talking about war and the needs of the German military it states "who were accustomed to taking women and children with them as war prizes".These two documents are total opposites but they both relate because they deal with bravery and taking back things that belonged to the Germans and Africans.
Another reaction was in documents 4,5,9.Document 4 talks about Ndansi Kumalo,he described what happened to his people.He didn't know how the rebellion started." How the rebellion started I don't know;there was no organization,it was like a fire that suddenly flamed up".Document 5,shows a fight between the Italian and Ethiopian troops.Ethiopians gained victory, as in the picture there were a lot more people than the Italians.Then there's Document 9,the battle on the Congo river,between British and African mercenaries."the white men are much more wicked!". Mojimba,African chief described that when the evening he returned,the river was full of dead bodies.All these documents have a some time of verbal or sight description of attacks.One group always had an advantage over the other.
These documents,1,2 talk about diplomacy.Document 1,explains how in 1886 multiple African rulers,Vowed to not enter war with any other tribes without the consent of the Royal Niger Company as long as they did not interfere with Their customs or laws of the country.In document 2,the Ashanti leader didn't want the British to interfere with their customs.These documents both show that the kingdoms wanted no interference with the way they have their customs set.
The next reaction I'm describing from documents 2,3,from tradition.Document 2,The leader of Ashanti's response to a British offer,to come and enjoy the protection of the Queen of England and the Empress of India.She concluded that the kingdom of Ashanti will stick to their original tradition,and stay friendly with all white men.Document 3,Menelik ll,The Emperor of Ethiopia, wants to keep ethiopia together and not divide it among distant powers."I have no intention at all of being an indifferent spectator,if the distant powers hold onto the idea of dividing up Africa. It's always been a tradition of keeping Ethiopia together.To sum up the comparison of these documents is that both leaders of Ethiopia,and Ashanti want to keep their tradition of their kingdoms.
Document 6 talks about fighting it says "Now I have seen that some of you fear to go forward and fight for our king.If it were in the brave days of old, chiefs would not sit down to see their king taken away without firing shot."It's basically talking about defending their queen and defending her with bravery.And document 7 talks about a call for resistance it said "for each day they shoot someone dead for no reason at all,let us die fighting rather than die as a result of maltreatment, imprisonment or some other calamity.Both of these documents relate because they show bravery and resistance to the British.In our conclusion the European scramble for Africa was a fight for all of Africa's natural aspects.