A200 Block 6 Flashcards
Britain’s colonial relationships
Complex, shifting and shaped by how the territory had been acquired and body of voters in a specified area
Seley 1883 - Britain acquired an empire in a fit of absence of mind - he advocated closer working arrangements between dominions and parliament , an imperial parliament
Late 19th Century Imperialism - a new kind of Imperialism
Aggressive, combative, European powers begin to to conflict re interests and colonies
Aggressive form of capitalism fuels a more ruthless exploitation of colonies
Modern concepts of progress, democracy, morals and capitalist production thought to demonstrate the triumph of civilisation over barbarity
Empires acquired via conquest, formal annexation, trading rights without formal control (informal empire)
France’s empire
Aldrich 1996 - French acquired their overseas territories in piecemeal fashion others after years of preparation and reflection
John Hobson Imperial Critic 1902
‘Imperialism was an alliance of industry, financial capitalism and the state that sought foreign markets and foreign investments to take the goods and capital they cannot sell or use at home’
‘Defence (of South Africa) took precious lives while the benefit appeared to go to a few
Capitalism - wealthy individuals who invest in trade and industry for profit, trade by private owners for profit.
Lenin’s ‘Imperialism’ written between 1915 and 1916 - monopoly capitalism
Jules Ferry on French Colonial expansion 1884
For economic gain for exports and secure global goods movement
Duty to civilise inferior races
To fight off other western powers from territory
Relief of Mafeking
18th May 1900, thousands take to the streets to celebrate relief of Mafeking
South African (Boer) war 1899 - 1902
Colonies taken
France - 1881, Tunisia, and part of Congo Basin, 1885 Madagascar
Italy - 1882 Eritrea
Britain - 1882 Egypt, 1886 Royal Niger Company, 1888 British East Africa Company claims Kenya, Gambia becomes a colony, 1889 charter granted to Rhodes South Africa company, Rhodesia established 1890 a 1893 from annex lands Ndebele war in Rhodesia
Germany - 1884 Togo, Cameroon, New Guinea, 1885 East Africa (Taganyika), 1897 Von Bulow makes his ‘place in the sun’ speech, 1904 Herero uprising crushed
Belgium - 1885 Congo Free State, Casement report to parliament re horrendous treatment of Congo natives by Belgians, 1908 Congo Free State taken over by Belgian government