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year 1- booklet 7, 8,9 Flashcards

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economic weakness

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-industries overtaken by Ger, USA
-imports> exports

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military weakness

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-army poorly developed

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diplomatic weakness

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-had no allies & feared Fr & Rus combining powers
-new colonies had no loyalties to Br

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Salisbury’s Tory Party 1895

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-uphold Br dominance
-protectorates expanded
-took territory to limit other empires

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Effect of Berlin conference

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indigenous control of africa fell from 90% to 10%

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limits to Br power in Egypt when they took over

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-Capitulations= europeans were tried under their own courts
-The Caisse de la Dette= Br, Fr, Russia, It, Ger, Aus-Hung, controlled Egypt’s finances
-mixed courts
-The French- Fashoda (1898), Entente Cordiale (1904)

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Br benefits to Egypt

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-revitalised economy
-improved conditions and health services
-exports of sugar/ cotton tripled
-population rose from 7-10 mill

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Egyptian nationalists

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-al-Hizb-al-Watani revived in 1893
-1906 Denshawaii

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Ashantiland

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-1890s
-King Prempah refused to accept protectorate
-4th anglo-ashanti war
-1900 added to Gold Coast

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Nigeria

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-RNC
-Br took control over RNC & North & South Nigeria unified 1914

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Zanzibar

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-protectorate 1890
-Br ‘puppet’ Saltan Hamad bin Thuwaini died
-Khalid refused to step down after assuming power
-shortest war in history at 38 mins

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Uganda

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-1886 King Mwanda executed 30 christians leading to civil war
-1890 Mwanda handed over power to IBEAC
-powers transferred to crown 1894 & Buganda joined Uganda

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Uganda Railway

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-chamberlain
-1896
-660 miles
-£5mill
-2.5k died e.g. Masai massacre
-consolidated power in EA

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Kenya

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-Berlin Conference
-utilised internal disputes
-natives fought back w/ Ger weapons
-added to BEA protectorate 1895
-colony 1920

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Sudan

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-Mahdi revolt 1881
-Gordon killed 1885
-Salisbury wanted to avenge Gordon & uphold Europe in Africa

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Kitchener

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-commander in chief of Egyptian army 1896
-battle of Omdurman 1898
-Fashoda incident (press Fr claims to area)

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Somaliland

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-protectorate 1888
-strategically important- Indian Ocean
-limit Fr/ Ita ambitions in area

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Nayasaland

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-established control 1891
-explored by Livingstone, settled by Scottish missionaries 1895
-guerilla warfare until 1897
-BSA took control
-1907 protectorate

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Confederation of SA

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> Initial ideas of confederation:
-Zulu wars
-1st Boer war 1881-1882 (Boers won)

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Problems in the Transvaal

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-1880s gold discovered at Witwatersrand
-Kruger denied citizenship rights for Uitlanders

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Jameson Raid

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-Rhodes had Dr Jameson launch military raid w/ 500 mounted policemen
-1895/6
-no official Br govt support
-Rhodes resigned as PM of CC

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Consequences of Jameson Raid

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-negotiations w/ Boers broke down in 1899 w/ Boer attack on Natal
-2nd Boer War

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how did the 2nd Boer War start

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-influenced by the Jameson Raid
-1899 Boers attacked Natal
-Boers achieved considerable military success

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2nd Boer War stats

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-1899-1902
-400k imperial troops
-£250mill

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Union of SA
-Peace of Vereeniging 1902 -Boers as Br subjects/ land taken -1908 PMs of Transvaal, Orange Colony, CC & Natal formed constitution of 'union of sa' -'act of union' created a single parliament & became a dominion 1910
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Afghanistan policy
-originally planned to leave it alone, trusting its natural terrain as a barrier against Russia -Disraeli wanted a more active policy
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Afghanistan effectively a protectorate
-1876= Baluchistan became protectorate -1878= Afghanistan accepted a Russian envoy so Lord Lytton imposed a Br one -1879= rebellion against Br, Disraeli declared war, new Emir of Afghanistan accepted Br control
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Malaya
-Br governor in residence to the courts of the Malayan ruler -began process of undermining Sultan's power
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Fiji
1872 Fiji handed over in hopes of a conservative force
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Borneo
-charter in 1881 to develop timber -Br Borneo company failing
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New Guinea
-1883 Ger showed interest -Queensland govt annexed 1/2 the island & set up Br protectorate on SE coast
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Burma
-1885 annexed -Viceroy Dufferin wanted to inc it in the Raj -strong Burmese national feeling
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governance of India
-ICS= 1000 -Princes= 40% -Western educated Indians= Babus -governance by prestige -1892 & 1909 reforms allowed indian rep of provincial councils
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North West Frontier Province
-1901 -protect border against Russia
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Partition of Bengal
-1905 -infuriated Hindu elite -pleased Muslims who became a majority in East Bengal -divide and rule
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reaction to partition of Bengal
-Swadeshi movement (cut imports of Br textiles by 25%) -Hindu extremism led by Tilak -AIML created 1906 wanted to maintain division
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Morley Minto reforms
-1909 -27 Indians in executive council -1910 provincial councils enlarged w/ 135 Indian seats -2 Indians to advise sec of state in london
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Viceroy Curzon
-1890-1905 -Imperial Cadet Corps 1901 to give native princes/ elite military training -lower taxes, stabilised currency, reform police etc -Famine 1899 (refused to send aid) 1-4.5mill deaths
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Viceroy Hardinge
-1911 reunited Bengal during K. George V visit -Dehli became the capital -Durbar 1911 -declared war on India's behalf 1914
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relationship with Russia
-Afghanistan= Railway built to Tashkent, 1900 1/3mill Russian troops move to regions of India's NW frontier -Middle East= Russian military alliance w/ Fr 1892 so threat to suez canal etc -Triple Entente 1907
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relationship with germany
-supplied Boers with German weapons 1899-1902 -telegram of support to Boers after Jameson Raid -increase in spending on navy
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Relationship with France
-presence in SEA -investments in Egypt (Anglo- French Control 1878) -Competing claims in WA & Fashoda Incident 1898 -entente cordiale 1904
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lead up to ww1
-Br navy strong= 2 power standard -imperial conference 1911= forge closer ties w/ dominions -end splendid isolationism
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London Colonial Conference
-1902 -Chamberlain -formed to create imperial customs union and boost trade, impose tariffs on non-imperial goods -(pos)= protect empire trade, safeguard key materials -(neg)= wealth from free trade, maj of UK trade came from outside empire
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Imperial preference
-free trade between Br and colonies etc but tariffs on rest of world -pos= unity, tax= social reforms, protectionism -neg= taxes imposed on Br, dominions had ind, london investments restricted -ended 1906 when liberals won, public rejected Chamberlain's ideas
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Br and trade w/ empire
+India took 20% of Br exports-pale ale +Canada supplied 10%+ of Br beef >only in cheese, apples, potatoes & mutton was the Empire Br's main food supplier -domestic upset over taxes -held back developments e.g. chemical -hurt Br industries/ depressed wages e.g. India Jute mills -empire no longer self sufficient
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Benefits Br had from trade w/ the rest of the world
-1894 imported 30.7 mill tons of wheat from USA vs 3.6mill from Canada -empire provided less than 10% of Br food stuffs -75% imports -Br set gold standard -lots of trade w/ Latin America bc of informal empire -in 1896 only 24.6% of trade came from Br
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Empire and trade w/ Br
+1900-1914 6x increase in Canadian land for wheat +Rail lines developed for trade e.g. Uganda railway 1896 +Canada supplied 10% of beef to Br +Colonial Loans & Colonial Stocks Act 1899 &1900 facilitated projects -India swadeshi movement -no economic difference -no expansion in trade
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Benefits empire had from trade w/ rest of the world
-Aus, NZ, SA imposed import tariffs as a means of asserting their national interests over loyalties to BR -Canada made own trade agreements w/ Japan, Fr, Ger
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British investments
-£2bill in 1900 to £4bill 1913 -London was the financial capital -Infrastructure projects funded by the Colonial Loans and Colonial Stock Acts 1899 & 1900 -gold standard -1900 loans to India damaged Lancashire cotton industry

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