Africa

Almost every european nation was involved in controlling Africa. Africa had so many untouched resources and they were able to colonize and obtain them.

Taking up Africa built tension between the nations. Conflicting borders and material problems cause so many problems to African and european powers.

British and Belgian colonies were being created in Africa. This alarmed European statesmen and heightened nationalist rivalries. They wanted to bring order to imperialism, so the Berlin Conference was organized. The Berlin Conference provided produced agreement that any European state could establish African colonies after notifying the others of its intentions and occupying previously unclaimed territory. It provided European with the justification they needed to draw lines on maps.