Question

1. What happened when Africans tried to resist imperialism?

Answer 1

1. Algeria they fought against the French for almost 50 years. In German East Africa thousands died when they used spiritual power to fight German machine guns. In Ethiopia, resistance succeeded as they played one European country against another and they used European weapons to defeat the Italian army.

2. The French practiced direct rule. They sent oficials and soldiers from France to rule the colony. There goal was to impose culture on natives. The British on the other hand relied on indirect rule. They used local rulers to govern the colonies.

3. It caused damage
-traditional African society was destroyed
-people were forces out of their homes
-people had to work under horrible woking conditions