Why was most of Africa colonised relatively late (mostly post-1885) compared to European imperial ventures elsewhere?
I cannot improve on the excellent answer given by Emmanuel-Francis Nwaolisa Ogomegbunam.I believe that Malthusian effect caused the British shedding surplus population to the Americas. After losing the American colonies, they turned to Australia and to a lesser extent to New Zealand and the Cape colony.It was not only Malaria that made them choose these places. North America and Australia were chosen because of the compatible climate and the low population density of the indigenous people. Both places looked empty to them.It was this attitude that made English the dominant language it now is.Africa and India looked very full to them. Their main interest in India was to establish and protect their trade monopoly.The attitude of the other Europeans was different. The Spanish went to the Americas to become great feudal lords, not to shed population. The Portuguese, Dutch and French went for trade, which the English did as well.The French did try settling, but kept losing their colonies to the English / British when they got embroiled in European adventures.The 19th century colonial empires were the result of jealousy of the British success. The attitude was that to be taken seriously as a world power, you needed to have a widespread colonial empire. Even the British got caught up in the excitement. Why else go to Kenya, Nigeria or Ghana? They didn’t want the French, Germans and Belgians, for goodness sake, to grab it all.Emmanuel-Francis Nwaolisa Ogomegbunam's answer to Why was most of Africa colonised relatively late (mostly post-1885) compared to European imperial ventures elsewhere?
How was the religion and economy in europe 1600-1700?PLZ HELP?
The religion was Catholic in France, Spain, Portugal and Greece. In The Netherlands and in England it was Protestant. Germany was not yet a nation, but numerous states, some of which were Catholic and some Protestant (Lutheran). This led to tensions and war. The Catholic inclined Stuart kings of England looked to France for inspiration - after Charles I had been executed, his son, the future Charles II took refuge in France. When James II ascended the throne as a Catholic there were tensions between him and Parliament which led to his eventual overthrow and the invitation to the Protestant William of Orange and his wife Mary to become joint monarchs. France began to take a harder line against Protestants during the century with Louis XIV repealing the Edict of Nantes which allowed religious toleration. Generally the century, throughout Europe, was not noted for toleration anywhere with constant conflict between Catholic and.Protestant. I'll leave someone else to comment on economy.