and over our colonies

And that I believe is the main different between you and me....

yo we shoulda done it then everyone would be as fat as mankn

Portugal had nothing beyond claims to the land

thats like me taking your TV so that I could play PS4

No means to actually enforce it

WE'D HAVE AN ARMY OF BOULDERS

I mean I only care a bit about the huwhites cause yall getting ethically replaced

@Juan Filly if it helps the invader and is acomplishable then do it. Not doing it is treason at that point.

The British had nothing but claims either

and they didnt even have claims there

they just decided they did

It would be more like you actually have a PS4, I claim sovereignty over the TV, but then you actually buy it

lemme bleach yo gf if you care so much @Juan Filly

The British sent us a fucking ultimatum

Im not a race tratior.

thats not selling

I CLAIM THIS TELEVISION FOR HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE II

ALLAH SAVE THE QUEEN

Buying from a third party, not from you yourself in terms of the analogy

And again, they wanted a railroad that was only not built because the Germans got in the way, and the Germans were a lot more powerful than the Portuguese so they could actually enforce their own claims

We had claims, explorers and colonists on the land

we had pacified it

and the British just sent an ultimatum TO THEIR OWN ALLY for us to give it up all

why ?

Because they wanted the land for themselves

Traitors

What land are you referring to @Mankn II

I remember I saw an animated map showing the control that European powers had over African land (as opposed to just claims) over time and Portugal did not have effective control over any major part of Africa until the 1890s

After the Scramble for Africa

Seriously

you saw an animated map

We explored the land

we captured the native leaders

and we were moving in

and then the British sent an Ultimatum

against their own ally I repeat

The Eternal Anglo

@Mankn II cite a source

Says nothing about it here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe