2.+Summary+of+Colonialism

=** Colonialism in Tanzania **=


 * Germany was the super-power that colonized Tanzania. The indigenous people viewed the German's as a threat.
 * The native African's started resisting to the German's by starting rebellions.
 * These rebellions resulted in the Maji-Maji (water-water) Rebellion which was an uprising under the encouragement of a local prophet who sprinkled water from a 'magic spring' upon the people who were then supposed to become bulletproof. Despite the water's ineffectiveness word spread and the Germans had a major rebellion to deal with. Tribes put aside their disputes and united against the German colonialists.
 * Fearing the scale of the uprising the Germans burnt crops indiscriminately in an effort to flush out the ringleaders. It did not take long, but the ensuing famine caused the death of more than 250,000 people and resulted in the firing of Peters from the colonial service in 1906.
 * The Maji-Maji Rebellion was successful in showing the Germans that the indigenous people were capable of coming together. It showed that they wanted their independence and would sacrifice their lives for it.
 * World War I saw invasions and re-invasions on both sides of the borders of Tanzania

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