Rivalry between European powers including Britain, Germany, and France was very a important idea leading to imperialism and justification of why the Europeans needed to colonize the land of Africa. Every country wanted to have the most power, and nobody wanted to be overpowered by the other. The justifications solely based on need, and the idea of imperialism wasn't created to benefit the ones being colonized. By looking at the post Colonial African Nations map in document #10, you can still see the impacts of all European powers colonizing Africa. The colonizations wasn't all that peaceful between the Europeans. Many battles broke out for the need of land. An example of this was when Britain battled Turkey to win control over the Suez Canal.
