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//**Imperialism in Britian**// 

//**Imperialism is the process by which one country dominates another directly, by political means, or indirectly, by economic means.**//  **Imperialism **  **//Work Cited //** [|**//www.google.com//**] **//By Becky Anderson, class of 1997 //**
 * **Britain's imperialist involvement in the scramble for Africa occurred in response to the actions of the French and even German.**
 * **Britain had a history of African trade agreements and, compared to its European counterparts, the highest degree of control in Africa.**
 * **Britain had to act in Nigeria (1885) and Nyasaland (1891) to protect existing spheres of commercial and missionary activities.**
 * **France's strategy to declare its "right of occupation" and then seek negotiation further urged Britain's aggressive maintenance of territory.**
 * **Later, in 1888, the French threatened the Britain dominated Nile Valley, hinting they might divert the water of the Nile to render the area useless. **
 * **The first showdown over the route to the east between Britain and France occurred in Egypt. French pride over a new Egyptian canal, built in 1869, was soaring.**
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