Economics 1890-1914

Question 1

India 1914

Answer 1

By 1914 India took around 20% of British total export worth £150 million.

Question 2

Canada

Answer 2

Canada supplied upwards of 10% of Britian beef and 15% of its wheat and flour by 1914. Between 1900-1914 there was a six-fold increase in Canadian land set aside for wheat production.

Question 3

Gin Trade

Answer 3

Large gin trade with west Africa that by 1908 was worth around 1.5 million.

Question 4

Egypt cotton

Answer 4

Increased production of cotton in Egypt increased employment in cotton industry to four million leading to exports trebling within 10 years in Britain.

Question 5

India cotton- impact on Lancashire

Answer 5

In 1913 India provided the Lancashire cotton mines with 40% of cotton playing a significant role in the factories and the 600,000 of brits’ jobs.

Question 6

Imperial Federation League

Answer 6

• Set Up in 1884
• Role was to promote closer ties with empire economically
• Shut down in 1893

Question 7

1902 Colonial Conferance

Answer 7

In 1902 there was the London Colonial Conference for leaders from Britian, the dominions of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, Cape Colony, Natal and Newfoundland to discuss creating a closer ecnonomc ties in the form of imperial customs union. Would have given a boost to imperial trade – imperial preference. Rejected by industries and voters in 1906 election by voting Liberal

Question 8

Wheat imported into Britian 1894

Answer 8

of the 64 million hundredweight imported only 2.4 million came from empire country- Canada. The rest came predominatley from USA around 30.7 million and the rest Russia.

Question 9

Foodstuff

Answer 9

Only cheese, apples, potatoes and fresh mutton was from Empire other foodstuff came from elsewhere with empire providing less than 10% of it.

Question 10

Trade worth in 1896

Answer 10

Empire total trade worth £745 million in 1896 however in between countries of the empire was only £183 million representing trade with no empire countries was far greater

Question 11

Empire Imports and Exports in 1913

Answer 11

Imports were 24.9% and exports were 37.2%

Question 12

British exports in the Tropic of Africa

Answer 12

In 1897 the whole of the tropic of Africa only took 1.2% of British exports and over years colonies bought increasing number of exports from foreign countries rather than empire ones.