SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA!

The Scramble for Africa was a simulation of several European countries scrambling to claim parts of Africa. All the different European countries wanted different things from Africa. My country, the Netherlands, wanted claim to the Suez Canal and raw materials like iron and zinc. Our strategy was to get claim over the Suez Canal. This is because once we got control over it all the area around it was where the raw materials that we needed were. Also, when we could 'battle' a country we chose to use negotiation as our first choice because this way we didn't have to worry about losing land. If the country declined our proposal only then we would 'battle' them. We were lucky because most European countries wanted the southern parts of Africa while we wanted the north part. Truthfully, I think the Netherlands won. This is because our strategy worked and we ended up conquering the Suez canal and most of the land around it where our raw materials were. Therefore, we were able to get everything we needed. I think the country that lost was Great Britain. This is because they wanted to conquer the Suez canal and failed to do it. This made it hard for them to get the resources they needed. All in all, this simulation was to help us understand what parts of Africa the European countries wanted to colonize.