Britain In West Africa Flashcards
What did the 1865 Cardwell Report recommend in relation to British policy in West Africa?
Don’t exons into west Africa and relinquish property they already have
Why were Britain and France discussing the possibility of the British trading their Gambia colony to the French in exchange for French territory elsewhere in the 1860s?
Due to France’s huge expansion in Senegal
What was the Gambia Lobby?
The businessmen and missionaries in charge of trading in the Gambia region who didn’t want to hand over Gambia region to France.
Who led the British Forces as they occupied the Ashanti capital of Kumasi during the 1874-74 Ashanti war?
Wolseley
How did the political status of the Fanti protectorate change following the 1873-74 Ashanti war?
They became a British crown colony
Why was palm oil a highly valuable product for the British?
Used during the Industrial Revolution in factories
In what year did Goldie manage to consolidate all the major British palm oil traders on the Niger into the United African Company?
1879
Give one way in which Goldie was able to gain a competitive advantage over his French rival traders in the Niger palm oil trade?
He undercut their prices
Got rid of the middleman
What was Britain’s goal at the Berlin Conference regarding the Niger region?
To make it a British area of influence
In what year did Goldie’s company receive its royal charter and change its name to the Royal Niger Company?
1886
