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Africa in the Age of Imperialism - Saskatoon Public Schools

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New Technology<br />

• The development <strong>of</strong> new weapons gave Europeans a<br />

military advantage over <strong>Africa</strong>ns.<br />

• These weapons <strong>in</strong>cluded rifles and <strong>the</strong> Maxim gun,<br />

<strong>the</strong> earliest mach<strong>in</strong>e gun.<br />

• <strong>Africa</strong>ns armed with weapons such as muskets had<br />

little success aga<strong>in</strong>st Europeans us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> new<br />

weapons.<br />

Musket<br />

Rifle<br />

Maxim gun

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