major events
What years did King Leopold II rule the Congo free state?
1885-1908
What were the main resources they wanted out of the Congolese population?
ivory and rubber
1878- Henry Morton Stanley
When did Belgium experience industrial development?
Leopold's reign
How did they have to harvest rubber?
slashing the vines and in turn getting it all over themselves, then scraping the rubber off their bodies and into buckets.
When did Stanley return and with what?
1882- he returned with over 500 signed treaties from chiefs.
When was the geographical conference in Brussels organized and why?
1876- so his operations would be legitimized.
What inhumane acts were committed to the Congolese people?
Hands were being cut off, people were being shot, and people were being beaten.
What years did the king borrow money from the government?
1889-1895
What was the ‘Scramble of Africa’?
It was when many people tried to claim pieces of land.
When did the Congo become a Belgian colony?
How many people died? (Approximately)
10 million