Navy

Question 1

If Q finishes in 1878/98

Answer 1

1763-1815
1816-1849
1850-1878/98

Question 2

development of RN

Answer 2

Age of sail: 1763 - 1830
Age of Steam: 1840s-1870
Mastless: 1871-1914

Question 3

If it finishes in 1914 (usually bases or nature question)

Answer 3

1763-1815
1816-1868
1869-1914

Question 4

Cook’s impact

Answer 4

• Mapping advantages and cartography
• Use of the chronometer
• Cured/prevention of scurvy

Question 5

Slavery ban

Answer 5

1807
Policing the seas

Preventative squadron’s unsuccessful

From 1807 little impact due to wars with France

Slave trade reduced with Algiers 1816

Question 6

Gibraltar

Answer 6

First base 1783

Protection against French and Spanish
access to mediterranean
Could withhold seiges

Question 7

Ceylon

Answer 7

1815
Benefited trade purposes - tea, sugar, nutmeg
Establishing trade in East Asia

Question 8

Cape Town

Answer 8

1815 - had both economic and strategic purposes but mostly economic

Question 9

Malta

Answer 9

1815
Strategic however gained the most siginificance after the opening of the Suez

Gave British prestige

Question 10

Falklands

Answer 10

1833
Established a base in south America

More beneficial as a base, merchants were now protected therefore established new markets

Question 11

Aden

Answer 11

1839
Benefitted trade form India
However became the more significant after the opening of the Suez in 1868

Question 12

Cyprus

Answer 12

1878
Became significant due to Gladstone purchasing shares in the Suez Canal in 1875
Contributed to free trade and was a disadvantage to Russia

Question 13

Bases between 1763-1815

Answer 13

Gibraltar - 1783
Ceylon -1815
Malta - 1815
Cape Town - 1815

Question 14

Bases beween 1816-1868

Answer 14

Falkland - 1833
Aden - 1839 (only gained significance in ‘68)

Question 15

Bases between 1869-1914

Answer 15

Cyprus - 1878

Question 16

Bases between 1816-49

Answer 16

Falklands - ‘33
Aden ‘39

Question 17

Bases between 50-78/98

Answer 17

Cyprus - 198

Question 18

Bases which were trade!

Answer 18

Singapore (1819) + both trade and strategic
Hong Kong
Shanghai

Question 19

Age of sail Aspects

Answer 19

(1763-1830)

Britain were superior so lack of experimentation and ships were built to last 50 years

Development of tactics were favoured due to war with France e.g battle of Trafalgar

Rival countries plaid a major role but there was no ship development programmes

Question 20

Age of Steam aspects (1840-1870)

Answer 20

Ironclad ships 1861 and a change to seam ships - trade advantages

Development of weapons on ships with war with France

Industrialisation and economic power drove this

Question 21

Mastless aspects (1871-1914

Answer 21

HMS devastation 1871 - first massless

Development of the dreadnought

Growing industrial powers and naval race with Germany