4th Period

OBJECTIVE: Study the characteristics of

Africa from the 1300s to the Independence
Movements to identify the changes in the
history of this continent.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Describe the causes
and consequences of the migration of the
Europeans to Africa.

Biblical principle
Behave like a son of God
Galatians 4:7 New King James
Version (NKJV)
7Therefore you are no longer a slave
but a son, and if a son, then an heir
of God through Christ.

 VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NXC4Q_4J
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How was the life of a slave?
Do you think we have slavery nowadays? Why?
What is the difference living as a son and living
as a slave?
What do you understand from the bible verse
Galatians 4:7?

AFRICA
In the 1300s and 1400s, Europeans
explorers and traders came to Africa
and found that it had great
resources.
Soon many Europeans were coming
to Africa with plans to become rich.

THE SLAVE TRADE

At first, Africa was important to Europe for
only one reason: Goods from Africa could
be traded in Asia. Europeans sent ships
filled with clothes and tools along the
African coast and returned to Europe with
gold and ivory.
But in the late 1400s, many Europeans
nations claimed lands in North and South
America. They built large farms there
called plantations.

 Sugar cane, cotton, fruits, and coffee grew

on the plantations. Many people were
needed to work there. Soon the Europeans
were traveling to Africa for something
besides gold. They wanted slaves.
Europeans hired slaves catchers to take
people from African villages. These slaves
catchers were usually sailors or Africans
who were paid to capture other Africans
for the slave trade.

 The prisoners were crowded onto

large ships. Then they were sent on a
long voyage to America. This journey
was terrible. Many people died
during the trip.

RESULT OF THE SLAVE

TRADE
The slave trade in Africa harmed
everyone.
Families were broken apart.
Thousands of people died.
Those who lived found themselves in
a strange land, unable to leave.
Many villages were almost destroyed
by the slave trade.

 The slave trade also affected

Europeans:
They began to think they were better
than Africans. This kind of thinking
led to racism.
Racism is the belief that people of
some races are better than other
races. Racism has been the cause of
many problems in many countries
around the world.

Growth of Imperialism
Many Europeans countries began to follow
a policy called imperialism . Imperialism
is the control of the economy and
government of one country by another.
Reasons fo Imperialism:
Economic: resources (Africa was home to
raw materials such as diamond, gold, iron,
coal, and copper unavailable in Europe),
and markets

 Political and military: bases for trade,

power, and security.
Social: spread of Christianity and the
western culture.
Science and inventions: weapons,
medicines, ships.

Results of European
Imperialism
European imperialism created ethnic
tensions
Imperialism left countries and their
governments in very bad conditions
at many levels and when europeans
left, they didnt help at all in the
reconstruction of those countries.
Land gained by the Europeans were
lost to the Africans. Territorial
demands caused civil wars.

The price to make the materials was

less than distributing them.
Africa became more dependent on an
industrialized economy.
Europe installed their educational
system, causing traditions to be
broken.
Europeans nations viewed Africans as
inferior.

INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS
The first African nation to become
independent was Ghana.
Ghanas first leader was Kwame
Nkrumah.
Nkrumah led a movement known
as
Self-Government NOW.
Them members of this movement led
boycotts against the European
governments.

 During a boycott, people refuse to buy

goods produced by another group or
government. Boycotts can hurt a nations
economy.
Boycotts, helped the people of Ghana win
independence on March 6,1957.
Some African nations didnt win their
independence peacefully. Many people
were killed when Kenya tried to win its
freedom from Great Britain.

 One of the leaders of Kenyas independence

movement was Jomo Kenyatta.
In December 1963, Keny became
independent. The people of Kenya chose
Jomo Kenyatta to be the nations first
leader.
Nigeria was another African country that
won its freedom from Great Britain in the
1960s. Today Nigeria has been helped by
the discovery of oil.

 The money earned from selling oil

helps Nigerians develop their nation.
Other countries in Africa that have
gained indepenence include
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique,
Burundi, and Eritrea.

Workshop
1. How did Europeans find out about the resources of
Africa?
2. Write the definitions of the following words:
-Plantations:
-Racism:
-Imperialism:
-Boycotts:
3. How did the slave trade start?
4. Write 2 consequences of slave trade for Africans.
5. Write about how some African nations won their
independence.