Negatives and Positives

Positive:

- Europeans provided education for the Africans
- They tried to civilize the Africans
- They provided health care for Africans
- Provided jobs
- Stole resources from the Africans



Negative:

- forced tribes together that could not work together
- Africans were put into slavery
- When the Europeans evaded Africa they didn't think about the Africans
- Even now, African tribes are fighting because of what the Europeans did about 50 years ago
- Europeans gave them weapons

Note:

- Europeans discovered new parts of Africa; the Europeans will see this as a positive while Africans will see this as a negative
- Europeans taught them new ways of life; depending on the side you look at this could be both negative and positive