{"id":2229,"date":"2019-11-01T20:33:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T20:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/?p=2229"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:39:31","slug":"scramble-for-africa-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/scramble-for-africa-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Scramble for Africa: A Detailed Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The \u2018Scramble for Africa\u2019 is the term that historians use to refer to the expansion of European empires into Africa during the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/category\/age-of-imperialism\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"39\">Age of Imperialism<\/a>.\u00a0 It is referred to as a \u2018scramble\u2019 due to the way in which the European nations raced to capture territory to expand to their empires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bThe Scramble for Africa is considered to have occurred from approximately 1870 until the outbreak of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/world-war-i-overview\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1043\">World War I<\/a>\u00a0in 1914.\u00a0 During these years, almost all of Africa came under the control of the major European powers, including: Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain.\u00a0 The Scramble for Africa unfolded as a series of major events that eventually saw the African continent colonized and then divided by the major European powers.\u00a0 These events include:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/egypt-and-the-suez-canal-in-the-age-of-imperialism\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2261\">European interest in the Suez Canal<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/berlin-conference-of-1884\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2249\">Berlin Conference<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/first-moroccan-crisis\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"742\">First Moroccan Crisis<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/second-moroccan-crisis\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"747\">Second Moroccan Crisis<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/european-imperialism-in-south-africa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2264\">European colonization in South Africa<\/a>, and the brutal rule of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/leopold-ii-and-the-congo-free-state\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2280\">Leopold II in the Congo<\/a>.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"What was the Scramble for Africa? - History Crunch Investigates\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5uMF9j8FTtI?start=122&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CAUSES OF THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several main <a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/causes-of-the-scramble-for-africa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2232\">causes to the Scramble for Africa<\/a>, including: European competition, ethnocentrism, the spread of Christianity and new innovations.\u00a0 The section below provides a brief summary of these main causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bEuropean nations were seeking large sections of territory to increase their access to resources and people.&nbsp; In fact, due to the rise of the&nbsp;factory system, the European nations were in search of territory in order to gain access to more resources, which could be used to develop products in their resources.&nbsp; As such, this led to the \u2018scramble\u2019 in Africa as the European nations competed for different regions of the African continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another cause of the Scramble for Africa was the view of racial superiority that Europeans expressed throughout the 19th century.\u00a0 More specifically, as Europeans travelled the globe and colonized different regions, they came into contact with all sorts of different indigenous people.\u00a0 As such, European beliefs about their own supposed racial superiority helped inform their interactions with the people they encountered, including native Africans.\u00a0 Similar to the belief in their own racial superiority, Europeans also promoted Christianity as superior to the religious beliefs of the indigenous peoples that they encountered, including those in Africa.\u00a0 In fact, Christian missionaries often accompanied early explorers to the African interior, and the spread of Christianity was a key feature of European imperialism in Africa.\u00a0 For example, the missionary expeditions of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/david-livingstone\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2258\">David Livingstone<\/a>\u00a0were important to increasing European interest in Africa.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Livingstone-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"David Livingstone\" class=\"wp-image-4773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Livingstone-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Livingstone-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Livingstone-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Livingstone.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Missionary and explorer David Livingstone preaching from a traveling wagon in Africa. (19th Century)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The next cause of the Scramble for Africa is the new technologies and innovations that helped the European nations to overpower the different African societies.\u00a0 For example, the\u00a0steam engine\u00a0was an important invention that led to other advancements such as the steamboat, steam train and railroad construction.\u00a0\u00a0 These allowed the European powers the ability to trek further and faster into the African interior and were major aspects of the Scramble for Africa.\u00a0 However, likely the most significant European advantage came in the form of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/maxim-gun-and-the-age-of-imperialism\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2238\">Maxim gun<\/a>, which played a vitally important role in Europe\u2019s success in Africa.\u00a0 In short, the Maxim gun was a machine gun that was invented by Hiram Maxim and could fire up to 600 rounds per minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final cause of the Scramble for Africa was the competitive nature and rivalries that existed between the major European nations in the late 19th century and early 20th century.\u00a0 In fact, nationalism became a central motivating factor among the European nations in the 19th century and pushed them to expand their empires of control across the world.\u00a0 This sense of rivalry was so intense that it eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/imperialism-as-a-cause-of-world-war-i\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"739\">led to the outbreak of World War I<\/a> in 1914.\u00a0 As such, historians considered the rivalries that existed between the European nations in the 19th century as a major factor in the Scramble for Africa.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Maxim-Gun-Hilaire-Belloc-Quote.jpg\" alt=\"Maxim Gun Hilaire Belloc Quote\" class=\"wp-image-4815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Maxim-Gun-Hilaire-Belloc-Quote.jpg 960w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Maxim-Gun-Hilaire-Belloc-Quote-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Maxim-Gun-Hilaire-Belloc-Quote-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MAJOR EVENTS OF THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As stated above, the&nbsp;Scramble for Africa&nbsp;unfolded as a series of main events that included: European interest in the Suez Canal, European colonization in South Africa, Berlin Conference, First Moroccan Crisis, Second Moroccan Crisis, and the brutal rule of Leopold II in the Congo.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Scramble-for-Africa-Map.png\" alt=\"Scramble for Africa Map\" class=\"wp-image-1269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Scramble-for-Africa-Map.png 937w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Scramble-for-Africa-Map-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Scramble-for-Africa-Map-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Scramble-for-Africa-Map-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Map of the Scramble for Africa. (Created by historycrunch.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BERLIN CONFERENCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first major event of the Scramble for Africa was the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/berlin-conference-of-1884\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2249\">Berlin Conference of 1884<\/a>. The Berlin Conference of 1884 was called by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and lasted from November 15th, 1884, until February 26th, 1885.\u00a0 At the time, Germany was emerging as a colonial power in Africa, which caused tensions with the other major powers, such as: Britain, France, and Belgium.\u00a0 As a result, German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck called for the Berlin Conference as a means of reducing tensions between the European powers and determining how to divide the African continent between each other.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More specifically, the Berlin Conference was made up of 14 nations in total, including: Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the United States.\u00a0 The goal of the Berlin Conference was to create a set of boundary lines and create defined territory for the nations involved.\u00a0 What resulted was a mix of approximately 50 African states with irregular borders.\u00a0 African societies were not consulted in this process and sometimes it forced African groups together that had a history of conflict.\u00a0 As such, while the Berlin Conference was a positive experience for the European and other nations and resulted in a temporary reduction of tensions, it was ultimately a negative experience for the African societies.\u00a0 One such negative experience was the rule of <a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/leopold-ii-and-the-congo-free-state\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2280\">Leopold II in the Congo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Berlin-Conference-1024x787.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Conference\" class=\"wp-image-1327\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drawing of the participants in the Berlin conference in 1884.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM AND THE CONGO<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/leopold-ii\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2277\">Leopold II<\/a>\u00a0served as the King of Belgium from 1865 until 1909 and oversaw the Belgian role in the Age of Imperialism and the Scramble for Africa. Leopold II gained access to the territory of the Congo due to several key events.\u00a0 First, in 1878 he hired famous explorer\u00a0Henry Morton Stanley\u00a0to carry out expeditions into the Congo River basin of west central Africa. The second event that led to Leopold II gaining control of the Congo was the Berlin Conference of 1884. In fact, Leopold II officially formed the\u00a0Congo Free State\u00a0in 1885 and ruled over it as his own private possession.\u00a0 He used his control over the region to as a way of amassing a fortune for himself.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congo area had valuable resources, such as: rubber, ivory, copper and other raw materials.&nbsp; Rubber was an incredibly valuable resource at the time, as the newly invented rubber tire was being used in bicycles and early automobiles.&nbsp; It is important to note that he ruled over the Congo as a personal possession.&nbsp; As such, this means that he was responsible for it and not the country of Belgium.&nbsp; In fact, the other European nations granted him control over the Congo on the basis that he would help the Congolese people and carry out humanitarian work in the area.&nbsp; In reality, he ruled over the Congo Free State in a brutal fashion and his actions terrorized the people of the region.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/King-Leopold-II-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"King Leopold II\" class=\"wp-image-4779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/King-Leopold-II-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/King-Leopold-II-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/King-Leopold-II-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/King-Leopold-II.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photograph of King Leopold II of Belgium in the 1880s. (Colorized by historycrunch.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BRITISH CONTROL OVER EGYPT<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bAnother important event of the Scramble for Africa was\u00a0British control over Egypt, which began in 1882.\u00a0 In reality, the British had begun to increase their influence in Egypt in the decade before by taking on a large financial interest in the <a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/egypt-and-the-suez-canal-in-the-age-of-imperialism\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2261\">Suez Canal<\/a>.\u00a0 Due to the vast British Empire, and its overwhelming naval power, Britain had a keen interest in controlling the Suez Canal.\u00a0 In fact, British imperialism in India was a key reason for British interest in Egypt, since the Suez Canal gave Britain a quicker and more direct route to its colonies in the Far East.\u00a0 For instance, the British began to refer to the Suez Canal as the \u2018lifeline of the British Empire\u2019.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Suez-Canal-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Suez Canal\" class=\"wp-image-4818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Suez-Canal-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Suez-Canal-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Suez-Canal-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Suez-Canal.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drawing of the Suez Canal from 1869.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/european-imperialism-in-south-africa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2264\">European colonization in South Africa<\/a>\u00a0was also important to the Scramble for Africa.\u00a0 The first to establish a permanent settlement in South Africa was the Dutch East India Company, which hoped to create a base from which they could support European trading ships that were travelling to Far East of Asia.\u00a0 The Dutch East India Company (also known as \u2018VOC\u2019 for \u2018Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie\u2019 in Dutch) established the settlement in South Africa in 1652 at the Cape of Good Hope, which is a rocky outcropping on the Southern tip of Africa that is on the side of the Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 The modern city of Cape Town, South Africa is located at the Cape of Good Hope.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bThe next significant period of European imperialism in South Africa was carried out by Britain, which colonized South Africa between 1815 and 1910.\u00a0 Similar to the Dutch before them, Britain did not necessarily have a large amount of interest in colonizing South Africa.\u00a0 Rather, they hoped to use the Cape as a settlement from which they service and restock ships that were on their way to India and the Far East.\u200b\u00a0 British colonization in South Africa eventually erupted with the major conflict referred to as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/boer-war\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2252\">Boer War<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Boer-War-Soldiers-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Boer War Soldiers\" class=\"wp-image-4801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Boer-War-Soldiers-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Boer-War-Soldiers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Boer-War-Soldiers-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Boer-War-Soldiers.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8216;Boer guerrillas during the Boer War&#8217; in 1900.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FIRST AND SECOND MOROCCAN CRISES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bFinally, with the start of the 20th century, European imperialism in Africa erupted in two major crises, which historians consider significant to the overall history of the Scramble for Africa. These included the First Moroccan Crisis and the Second Moroccan Crisis.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event that sparked the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/first-moroccan-crisis\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"742\">First Moroccan Crisis<\/a>\u00a0was a visit to Morocco by the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, on March 31st in 1905.\u00a0 Also known as the \u2018Tangier Crisis\u2019 it took place from March 1905 until May of 1906 and led to increased tensions between the European powers of France and Germany.\u00a0 In fact, the two European nations disagreed over the status of the African nation of Morocco and who should have influence over the region.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morocco is a nation located in northwestern Africa.&nbsp; In the early 20th century, this region of Africa was under the influence of French imperialism.&nbsp; As such, France considered Morocco to be within its \u2018sphere of influence\u2019.&nbsp; As such, when the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, arrived in Tangier, Morocco in 1905 it caused anger to erupt from France.&nbsp; This situation continued until the Algeciras Conference, which was called to settle the disagreement.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/First-Moroccan-Crisis-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"First Moroccan Crisis\" class=\"wp-image-1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/First-Moroccan-Crisis-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/First-Moroccan-Crisis-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/First-Moroccan-Crisis-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/First-Moroccan-Crisis.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wilhelm II of Germany touring Tangier during the First Moroccan Crisis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/second-moroccan-crisis\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"747\">Second Moroccan Crisis<\/a>\u00a0(or the \u2018Agadir Crisis\u2019) began in April of 1911 in the midst of a rebellion against the Moroccan Sultan Abdelhafid.\u00a0 The people of Morocco had begun to rebel against the Sultan following accusations of torture and other terrible acts carried out by his government.\u00a0 In fact, the rebels were so successful that they were able to surround Abdelhafid in his palace in the northern Moroccan city of Fez.\u00a0 Since France considered Morocco to fall under their imperialistic influence, they sent in troops in to regain control of the situation.\u00a0 This act by France angered Germany, as they resented French success in Africa.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historians consider the two crises in Morocco to be significant causes to the eventual outbreak of World War I in 1914.&nbsp; However, they were also some of the last major events in the history of the Scramble for Africa.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In all, the Scramble for Africa had a profound impact on the history of the world.&nbsp; It led to both positive and negative outcomes for the people of Europe and Africa. As such, historians consider the Scramble for Africa to have led to several significant impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Second-Moroccan-Crisis-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Second Moroccan Crisis\" class=\"wp-image-1274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Second-Moroccan-Crisis-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Second-Moroccan-Crisis-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Second-Moroccan-Crisis-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crunchlearning.com\/website_ec2cbfb0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Second-Moroccan-Crisis.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">French troops in Morocco during the Second Moroccan Crisis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scramble for Africa was a major historical event during the time of the<br \/>\nAge of Imperialism. 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