French+West+Africa

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French West Africa


 * The biggest French colony established in Africa in 1914.
 * The trade in gold was a major factor in the expansion of European interest in West Africa.
 * Europe's growing dependence on gold and the associated growth of merchant capitalism reinforced Europe's links to West Africa.
 * The expansion and development of West Africa is associated with increasing the trade in Africa and the Far East.
 * Also, to increase religious expansion for the Age of Exploration.
 * The timing of these early contacts is linked closely to the growth of maritime capabilities, increasing interest in trade activity with Africa and the Far East, religious expansion and the Age of Exploration.
 * ​French West Africa had the geography the French needed along with the raw materials like gold to gain their country more political and economic power against Britain. Expansion due to the finding of gold in French West Africa was the main reason for its establishment. 

Map Source- [] Map of Africa