Negative Impacts Of British Rule On Indigenous People 1890-1914 Flashcards
Describe the Partition of Bengal (October 1905)
No consultation/consent of Indians
Eastern Bengal majority Muslim angering Hindus because they make a minority of Indians
Led to terrorism and boycotting British goods (Swadesh)
Why did the Morley Minto Reforms (1909) anger Hindus?
They reserved council seats for Muslims even though they were a minority
Why did the reunification of Bengal (1911) anger Muslims?
They no longer had a majority state
What was a negative impact of British rule in China?
British divided trade concessions in China between European powers leading to the 1898 Boxer Rebellion where natives wanted to remove unwanted European influence from China
Describe the Denshawai incident (1906) in Egypt
Clash between British officers and Egyptian villages = 53 Egyptian arrests, 4 convicted of murder and sentenced to death
What was a negative impact of British rule in Egypt socially?
Mass press censorship 1906 to quell growing nationalism
What are the numbers to show growing British intervention in Egyptian affairs?
1885: 100 Britons in Egyptian government
1905: 1000+
Describe the British annexation of the Sudan (massacre in Omdurman)
1898: Climax near Omdurman where all of Khalifah’s attacks were repelled by British long-range rifle, machine guns and artillery.
Killed 11,000 and wounded 16,000
Describe the British response to Sudanese tribes in the South refusing to cooperate
They were excessively violent
33 punitive expeditions mounted to force tribesmen to accept new order
Following the British annexation of the Sudan, when were the Mahdist uprisings in response to British actions?
1900, 1902-03, 1904 and 1908
How did the British finally respond to Mahdist uprisings?
Series of public hangings during their last 3 expeditions; rebels were denied a trial
How did the British acquire land in Kenya from 1895?
Bribed/bullied Kikuyu tribes into making way for them
In return for 6 months’ labour, tribesmen could be “squatters” on land which was formally theirs
Violence from both sides e.g. shootings, stabbings and mutilations
What were the British in Kenya referred to as?
“Parasites in Paradise”
Key facts and figures for Ugandan Railway
1896
660 miles
Mombasa to Lake Victoria
Killed 2500 labourers
What was a negative impact of British rule in South Africa politically?
From 1897, Milner (SA High Commissioner) encouraged vigorous British policy
