State three social-economic reasons why Britain colonized Kenya in the 19th century.
Answer:
-To protect the missionaries.
- To help stop slave trade.
- To civilize the Africans.
- To settle their surplus population in Kenya.
- To spread Christianity and counter the spread of Islam.
- Europeans were in search of sources of raw materials for their industries.
- The Europeans were looking for markets for their manufactured goods.
- The Europeans businessmen were looking for a place to invest their surplus capital.
- To abolish slave trade and establish a legitimate trade.