(5) Attitudes Towards Imperialism Flashcards

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Disraeli

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Imperialist
- Annexed Transvaal 1877
- Appointed Robert Lytton Viceroy and his display in Dehli 1877 - Launched an invasion into Afghanistan in 1878
- Bought £4 million share in Suez Canal
Conservative Prime Minister
- 1868 and 1874-1880
- Won the 1874 election
- Played the Imperialist Card
- Conservatives 'Party of the Empire'
- Crystal Palace Speech 1872
- Empress of India Title 1876
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Gladstone

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  • Became leader of liberal party in 1868
  • Served as Prime Minister 1880
  • Mahdist Rebellion in Sudan in 1884, Gladstone urged withdrawal of Anglo-Egyptian troops - Sudanese are ‘struggling to be free’
  • Egypt 1882 - installed Khedive Twefiq
  • First Boer War 1880-81 British Forces defeated at Mujuba Hill February 1881
  • Clash with Disreali
  • Wanted to improve existing colonies and avoid further acquisitions
  • Accused Disraeli of Jingoism
  • Help Colonies towards self governance
  • Resigned as Prime Minister in June 1885
  • Oversaw the 1884 Parliamentary Act that extended the vote to 5.5 million men
  • Helped the conservatives as the public liked Imperialism
  • Returned in 1886 with the Home Bill for Ireland
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How did education reforms affect attitudes towards imperialism?

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Education act of 1870
Increased literacy rates
This and the 1867 and 1884 Reform Acts made the public more politically aware

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Imperialist literature

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  • Haggard - ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ 1885 + ‘She’ 1887
  • ‘Boys Brigade’ 1883 offered military training and talked about ‘glorious Empire’
  • ‘Boy’s own paper’ 1879 - portrayed soldiers bravery around the globe
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The press and the Indian Mutiny

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1857 - show their influence with the Indian Mutiny
Public horrified by massacres and tortures around Cawnpore
Thrilled by soldiers and Major-General Henry Havelock - recaptured Cawnpore in July 1857
After his death in Nov 1857, public paid for his statue in Trafalgar Square

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Competition and its effect on attitudes towards imperialism

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European and American protectionism tariffs meant that Britain had to look further abroad for its markets

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Superiority

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Charles Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species’ 1859
‘Darwinism’
Spread of the thinking of superior races

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Imperial Exhibitions

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  • 1862 Internation Exhibition in South Kensington, featured over 28,000 exhibitors from 36 countries - 7000 exhibits from India
  • 1886 Exhibition - Built in India style and ‘living exhibits’ brought Indians to Britain
  • 1890 Exhibition - Celebrated explorers and colonisation, showing maps and photographs of British Expansion in Africa.
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The press and Self-governing colonies

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  • The Times rejected this and in an editorial in February 1962 asserted that the white colonies were uniformly prosperous and they desired to remain a part of the empire – delayed self governance – Canada self governed dominion in 1867
  • Many colonists agreed
  • The working class journal ‘The Bee Hive’ collected 100,000 signatures for a petition which asked the Queen to state-funded emigration schemes for the unemployed
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The Press and the invasion of Egypt?

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  • 1882 Arabi Pasha’s nationalist revolt occupied reporters
  • Pall Mall Gazette wrote of ‘the Moslem mob’
  • The Daily Telegraph recounted that the rebels had killed ‘all the Christians they could find’
  • By incensing the public the press garnered support for Gladstone. It made it easier for him to intervene in Egypt
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