1. How did the Industrial Revolution and the rise of Capitalism spark interest in Africa and the imperialism of the 19th and 20th century?
The industrial revolution occurred around the late 1800s and 1900s. This was a time when there was new machines and inventions created to modernize and industrialize Britain. The industrial revolution started in Britain because it had a favorable geography and the natural resources like coal and iron that was mostly needed to construct new inventions. Trading also increased which influenced cultural diffusion. It also had a lot of money which made it easier to support the industrialization. This also started a new economic system which is capitalism. Capitalism is a system in which the factors of production are privately owned and money is invested in business ventures to make profit. This economic system made factories to increase and factory owners had to take resources to Great Britain which made them target Africa.
They target African because it has a lot of natural resources which they need like coal, diamonds, and oil and much more things and especially uneducated African which they can control and have them work for them. Therefore, Europeans imperialized Africa which helps Europeans have balance of trade and more wealth by importing raw materials to Europe. Therefore Europe had a major part on imperialism of Africa which affected some Africans really badly.