General Act of Berlin

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The General Act of Berlin was the 1885 international agreement that formalized European powers’ rules for colonizing and trading in Africa, effectively partitioning the continent during the Scramble for Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Berlin Act 1
General Act of Berlin canonical 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Berlin Act ⓘ
General Act of the Berlin Conference ⓘ
linked to: Berlin Conference
appliesToRegion Congo Basin ⓘ
linked to: Congo Rainforest
appliesToTerritory Africa ⓘ
cameIntoForceInDecade 1880s ⓘ
concludedAt Berlin Conference ⓘ
dateSigned 26 February 1885 ⓘ
defines conditions for recognition of colonial claims ⓘ
rules for partition of Africa among European powers ⓘ
status of the Congo Free State area ⓘ
draftedUnderChairmanshipOf Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
establishesPrinciple effective occupation ⓘ
freedom of navigation on international rivers in Africa ⓘ
freedom of trade in the Congo Basin ⓘ
notification of territorial claims ⓘ
protection of missionaries ⓘ
suppression of the slave trade ⓘ
followsEvent Berlin Conference ⓘ
hasConsequence formalization of the Scramble for Africa ⓘ
international recognition of the Congo Free State ⓘ
partition of Africa among European powers ⓘ
historicalPeriod New Imperialism ⓘ
linked to: Age of Imperialism
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
regulates colonial expansion in Africa ⓘ
navigation on the Congo River ⓘ
navigation on the Niger River ⓘ
trade in Africa ⓘ
signatory Austria-Hungary ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Sweden–Norway ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
signedAt Berlin ⓘ
signedIn German Empire ⓘ
subject European imperialism ⓘ
Scramble for Africa ⓘ
colonialism in Africa ⓘ
international trade regulation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Berlin Conference → signedDocument → General Act of Berlin ⓘ
General Act of Berlin → alsoKnownAs → Berlin Act ⓘ
linked to: General Act of Berlin