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What are the threats to empire 1874 - 1890 : - Coggle Diagram
What are the threats to empire 1874 - 1890 :
strengths
technology
The industrial revolution was a major technological advancement that helped the British advance their production in factories and
Arms were another part that was improved and artillery, vehicles and ships were part of the many parts improved by the empire's vast amount of resources
made an early machine gun - the Gatling gun and the Maxim gun and used them on africans
The electric telegraph and the submarine cable (which reached India in 1870).
Steamships and railways
imperial sentiment
used in politics as a way to get votes
not much from the general public but army members and people who have had their lives improved by empire have an attachment to empire
medical developments
Medical improvements gave Europeans a better chance of survival in the
tropics.
people weren't dying as much
threats
Russian threat
they had lots of territory in central Asia this posed a threat to the British territory in India
they also wanted to expand into the ottoman empire this posed a threat to British control of the Suez canal so the British helped the ottomans and acquired Cyprus as a result.
economic challenge
British industrial rivals (Germany, Usa) start to overtake the British in trade
economic depression in 1870s and 80s
European situation
germany was united and started dominating central Europe
France, defeated by Germany in 1870–1, was determined to recover its prestige by increasing its empire in Africa and South East Asia.
Many Germans and Italians wished to emulate Britain’s pathway to great power status by acquiring empires.