An uprising in a European colony

Ethiopia resisted being colonized by a European Nation, mainly because of a man named Menelik II.  Ethiopia was wanted by Italy, France and Britain whom were pinned against eachother by Menelik, who happened to be accumulating new weapons.  Menelik was going to sign a treaty with Italy but felt as though he was signing away something different then what he could read, so he declared war on the Italians and in 1896 won the independence of their nation in the Battle of Adowa.