Berlin Conference

For three long months, 14 nations from Western Europe and the United States went to the Berlin Conference. This significant gathering is otherwise called Congo Conference or Berlin West Africa Conference. The nations that went to incorporate Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Turkey, and US.Interesting enough, not a solitary nation of Africa went to despite the fact that the meeting was totally about the division of land on the African mainland. The significant players at this gathering were the incredible and strong nations of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Portugal. This meeting began on November 15, 1884 and finished on February 26, 1885 was called for by Portugal and composed by Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of Germany and clergyman of Prussia.The unique objective of this extensive gathering was to concur that the Congo River and Niger River mouths and bowls are impartial and are avai lable to organized commerce. Prior to the gathering, 80% of Africa stayed to be customarily and privately dominated. The Europeans just controlled the beach front zones. This all changed in light of the fact that King Leopold II needed magnificence for Portugal and sorted out a mystery strategic structure Congo Free State. Lord Leopold and different nations needed to exploit its gold, lumber, land, wood, and work power.When France found King Leopold II’s plot, she got distraught which in the long run brought about this meeting. The conclusive outcome of this gathering finished in the General Act of BerlinConference. This record disallowed worldwide slave exchange, made Congo Free State a private property of Congo Society (in spite of the fact that Leopold despite everything utilizes it as his private property), grant facilitated commerce in Congo Basin and Lake Niassa, and permit free boat traffic on the Niger and Congo river.A new guide of the African mainland was made. It i solated the tremendous landmass into 50 geometric nations without any respects for social and semantic limits of the local Africans. The main nations staying free are Ethiopia and Liberia (US’s nation to return captives to their â€Å"homeland†. With everything taken into account, the Berlin Conference made Africans lose their self-governance and introduced increased provincial action.