Title of Article:AFrican imperialism Author: andrew peterson

Direct Quotation: In the last decades of the 19th century,

the largely uncharted African continent was overrun by a
sudden wave of European imperialist expansion.

Paraphrase: The congo and many other african countries were

overrun by imperialism in the last few hundred years.

Summary:Initially called the Congo Free State, the colony

remained a personal possession of King Leopold II from 1885
until 1908 when it was taken over by the Belgian government
and renamed the Belgian Congo.

Citation in MLA format: "History of the Belgian Congo: Imperialism,

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