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Chapter 3 - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 3
3.4 British expansion in Africa (1800-1914)
British controlled the 'Cape Colony'
British had been sending missionaries to West Africa
Suez Canal (opened 1869)
Berlin Conference (1884, European powers divided up Africa)
Kenya and Uganda (British brought people from India to build railways)
Imperial Propaganda within the British Empire (Queen Victoria said that the aim of the empire was to 'protect the poor natives and advance civilisation')
Cecil Rhodes (British Imperialist, set up modern-day Zimbabwe, had ambitions for a 'Cape to Cairo' railway)
Social Darwinism - The idea that the Britishare the best race in the world
2nd Boer War (1899-1902) - British locked women and children in concentration camps. Emily Hobhouse spread awareness in Britain about this
3.3 British expansion in India 1750-1914
British India was known as the 'Jewel' in the imperial crown
Robert Clive (an Easy India company official) gained power by trade, tax collection and military victories.
Warren Hastings was the Governor General of the East India Company (he was put on trial for corruption)
300,000 India sepoys in the British army
Great Rebellion (1857), caused by rumours that new cartridges were greased with beef and pork fat, which was offensive to Muslims and Hindus
After the Great Rebellion, the British Government took control of India directly
Indian National Congress, a political movement for Indian Nationalism
Britain as the workshop of the world (1750-1939)
Highland clearances - tens of thousands of scots were forced out of their homes in favour of sheep farming, many emigrated to Canada or England
Large-scale internal migration because of industrialisation and rapid population growth. Industry based areas like South Wales (coalmining) or Yorkshire (Textiles) grew rapidly
Many British emigrated to New Zealand to become Sheep Farmers (this was possible due to the invention of refrigeration, which meant that meat could be shipped back to L
The Great Famine (1845-52) resulted in the death of 1 million Irish
Over 200,000 Jews emigrated from Europe between 1841-1914 to escape persecution i
British discrimination against Irish people (E.g. blaming them for Typhus - calling it Irish Fever, excluding Irish people from applying to jobs)