Grade World History Essay

Before male monarch Leopold the II of Belgium colonized the congo, it was know for its independence. It was the ideal place to be for the Europeans. It was geographic onlyy diverse, it had mineral enriched soils, deposits of gold, diamonds copper and manganese, and it had a large animal population, lots of plants. King Leopold saw potential in the Congo and do it his. He had an American man, Henry Stanley secure treaties with all the local chiefs. With those he had complete power of the land. Imperialism on the Belgian Congo had a negative affect in many ways, including geographically, politically and psychologically. mavin of the major invasions is psychological. Psychological impacts be nonpareils that mess with the great unwasheds emotions. King Leopold was a man who did non care about other peoples emotions or their state of being he cared about himself and how much money he was going to make with the Congo. To name a Congolese states on the touchstone of psychological t orture he put some of the Congolese people in I ran away with two old people, but they were caught and knock offed, and the soldiers made me carry the baskets holding their cut-off hands. They killed my little sister, threw her in a house and get it on fire. (8) The person that is talking sounds like a electric shaver. If a child was going through this, which many did, witnessing something this horrifying can be very(prenominal) emotionally scarring.Another impact would be economical. An economic impact is one that affects the business part of things, such as labor systems. Tell them the good-for-naught agents that we cannot and therefore will not find hawkshaw we are impulsive to spend our strength at any work possible, but the rubber is finished. If we must either be massacred or bring rubber, well, let them kill us then we suppose they will be satisfied.(20) This quote is from a village headman to Reverend Harris, a British missionary. This is from a workers grade of view . It shows economic impact because it has to do with the rubber industry, which was very important in the Congo.A third impact on the Congo is political. Political impact has to do with government or people in government. One quote that gives an example of political impact is one by Reverend Whitehead, Their chiefs are being weakened in their prestige and physique through gyves which is often cruel, and thus weakened in their authority over their let people they are put into chains for the shortage of manioc bread. This fashion that Leopold and his people are forcing the native Congolese to back down in their government so Leopold has more power.Britain was also very involved in the Congo Free State. They were interested in the trading system it had. This make Britain because it brought in new products to be sold, and potentially could make them money. It is important to register issues like this today so nobody makes the same mistake twice.In conclusion, imperialism in the Con go had an overall negative affect on it. Imperialism affected, not only psychologically, but also politically and economically. King Leopold II never had good intentions for the Congolese people, he just had his own self in mind.