European leaders met in Germany for a meeting to avoid another conflict with Africa.
Little regard or representation for native Africans. European powers set a decision about carving Africa according to these guidelines:
1. Any sovereign power which wanted to claim any territory should inform the other powers "in order to... make good any claim of their own."
2. Any such annexation should be validated by effective occupation
3. Treaties with African rulers were to be considered a valid title so sovereignty
By 1900, the only areas of Africa remaining independent were Liberia and Ethiopia
Words you may not know:
Sovereignty- The right of a country to govern itself without interference
Little regard or representation for native Africans. European powers set a decision about carving Africa according to these guidelines:
1. Any sovereign power which wanted to claim any territory should inform the other powers "in order to... make good any claim of their own."
2. Any such annexation should be validated by effective occupation
3. Treaties with African rulers were to be considered a valid title so sovereignty
By 1900, the only areas of Africa remaining independent were Liberia and Ethiopia
Words you may not know:
Sovereignty- The right of a country to govern itself without interference