30. The push to colonize African lands left Europe in a map race to build up territories as quickly as possible- destroying African culture and lands.
The British Empire controlled vast tracts of land in Africa, but the Berlin Conference adopted the principle of Effective Occupation. It wasn’t enough to claim territories simply on a map, the area had to be placed under occupation of European settlers. British settlers were encouraged through numerous means to settle in British possessions in Africa, displacing the native peoples as they created vast plantations and built infrastructure, their European rivals doing the same in their territories. The peoples of Africa rose up against the British and the other European imperialists, one more example of the Pax Brittanica not having much in it in the way of Pax.
