Cullen, Valerie. "Protecting British interests, not Christianity, was the Cause of British Imperialism ." Think Quest. 20 Mar 2009 http://library.thinkquest.org/17120/data/essays/brit_af/.
- practices imperialism for trade, but very little in Africa
- British economy very dependent on trade, colonies expanded trade
- they took control of it simply because the native political structure was too unstable for good commerce without British control
- invaded to protect India, their biggest money maker (from Germany and France)
- discovered gold an diamonds in 1870's
- land was cheap
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