What Each Nation Wanted From the Scramble for Africa
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Published 2021-02-09
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All Comments (21)
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Portugal claiming the entire continent of Africa was a total chad move
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Portugal claims half of the world for itself, Portugal claims Africa for itself, Portugal claims half of africa for itself, Portugal claims territory between their already existing colonies, Portugal gets scammed, Portugal is now sad :(
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"So Leopold, what do you want out of Africa?" "Uhh, lemme have Wisconsin"
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"Spain proclaimed ownership over the western Sahara. No one cared." That just seems sad tbh.
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Just a clarification: Ethiopia should not be included in the treaty of Tordesillas claim for Portugal because it is a Christian nation and thus exempt from Portuguese control per the Pope's decree. Any undiscovered Christian lands (and remember some Europeans at the time thought there was a powerful Christian king Prester John out there somewhere, probably in Africa) have the right to their own sovereignty. So in short, Portugal could not lay claim to Ethiopia as the map indicates.
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Portugal: Claims the entire continent Leopold: Claims Portugal
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Others ”want something” Portugal ” want’s everything” Leopold ”want’s Portugal.”
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"sharing is caring" Portugal: i don't care
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I like how Leopold just wanted the entirety of Portugal as a colony,not like their islands off the coast or their colonies,THE ENTIRE FUCKING PORTUGAL.
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6:32 “Italy had long had ambitions on North Africa” is an understatement
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Colonies are soooo last year Jessica, we’re on “protectorates” now
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Did anyone realize britain was that friend who wants to get in the middle of everything? LITERALLY!? France, Germany, Portugal why don't we make colonies more simple? From east to west. Britain: How about I create a fucking thicc line between you all?
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The Belgian Congo is what happens when the weird kid really wants to join the group project
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Portugal: claims all of Africa Canary Islands: pathetic
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Now I have this horrific image of Leopold sending his goons into Wisconsin and forcing the population to make huge quotas of beer and cheese, and beer-cheese... and chopping off hands if they didn't.
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Portugal: wants the entire continent, gets a few large colonies Spain: wants a bit of coastal land, gets a small square and some desert
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Ol' Leo played in smart. He knew Portugal claimed the entire Africa, and so, by gaining Portugal, he would also gain the entirety of Africa
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Fun fact: similar to the island of Fernando Poo and Spanish Guinea (administered by the Viceroyalty of "La Plata"), the Philippines at the time were also administered from Mexico by the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
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Delegators : So, Portugal, what do you want in Africa? Portugal : Yes
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Portugal: *Claims all of Africa* Leopold II: “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro-gamer move.” Also Leopold II: *Claims Portugal*
