The scramble for Africa

The scramble for Africa was during the late 1800's and early 1900's when European countries began dividing up Africa. The countries that divided up Africa were France, Britain, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Italy. The European countries wanted Africa for its untapped natural resources. The reason that the Europeans were able to conquer the African people was because they has many technologies like guns that the Africans had never seen before. This scramble hurt many African people because it broke alliances between tribes and placed enemies together.