Britain's Imperial Role

Question 1

What % of the global population did the British Empire control?

Answer 1

20%

Question 2

What was the socialists opinion on war?

Name a socialist

Answer 2

wanted more focus on political reform at home

Kier Hardie

Question 3

What part of the empire were churches opposed to?

Answer 3

Military aspects

Question 4

Why was Cape Town of strategic importance to the British

Answer 4

link between Britain and colonies in the East

Question 5

What did some MPs from the Irish Parliamentary Party want for Ireland

Answer 5

Restoration of the Irish parliament in Dublin

Irish home rule

Question 6

When was the 1st Boer war?

Answer 6

1880-81

Question 7

What happened in the 1st Boer war?

Answer 7

Gladstone (british pm) gave in to Boer demands

Question 8

What are the names of the two independent republics in the North of South Africa

Answer 8

Orange Free State and Transvaal

Question 9

What was discovered as large deposits in Transvaal in 1860’s?

Answer 9

Gold

Question 10

What % of the world’s gold was found in Transvaal in the 1860’s?

Answer 10

27%

Question 11

What would the Transvaal’s buy with their wealth from gold?

Answer 11

German weapons

Question 12

Within 10yrs of gold being found, what was the ratio of uitlanders to Boer’s in the Transvaal

Answer 12

2:1

Question 13

What was the status of uitlanders in the Transvaal

Answer 13

denied voting rights and had high taxes

Question 14

Who was the British miner shot by a Boer policeman?

Answer 14

Tom Edgars

Question 15

What did the shooting of a British miner spark

Answer 15

British uitlanders send petition to Queen Victoria

Question 16

Who was Alfred Milner?

Answer 16

High Commissioner

Question 17

Who was the High Commissioner of Britain and when was he sent to the Boer?

Answer 17

Alfred Milner

1897

Question 18

What did Alfred Milner (High Commissioner) claim?

Answer 18

he would “teach those bloody Boers a lesson”

Question 19

Who was Britain’s colonial secretary

Answer 19

Joseph Chamberlain

Question 20

How many extra troops were sent to S. Africa by Chamberlain

Answer 20

50,000

Question 21

What did Britain demand in terms of voting rights for Uitlanders

Answer 21

5yrs residence should mean voting rights granted

Question 22

What proposed railway was Britain frustrated about as it would bypass their ports at Natal and Cape Colony

Answer 22

Portuguese East African Railway

Question 23

When was the Bloemfontein Conference

Answer 23

May-June 1899

Question 24

Who was representing Transvaal at the Bloemfontein Conference

Answer 24

Kruger

Question 25

What did Kruger offer at the Bloemfontein Conference

Answer 25

7yrs residence would = voting rights

Question 26

Who walked out of the Bloemfontein Conference that represented Britain

Answer 26

Milner

Question 27

Who was Transvaal’s president?

Answer 27

Kruger

Question 28

Who sent a political ultimatum for full political equality for uitlanders from Britain?

Answer 28

Chamberlain

Question 29

What did Kruger’s reply ultimatum to Britain say

Answer 29

Ultimatum to withdraw newly arrived troops

Question 30

When did the Boer Republic declare war on Britain

Answer 30

11 October 1899

Question 31

When was the Jameson raid

Answer 31

1895

Question 32

Who was the British PM of Cape Colony

Answer 32

Cecil Rhodes

Question 33

Who led the Jameson raid

Answer 33

Dr. Jameson and Cecil Rhodes

Question 34

Who denied knowledge of the Jameson raid

Answer 34

Chamberlain and Salisbury

Question 35

What was Rhodes forced to do after the Jameson raid

Answer 35

resign as PM of Cape Colony

Question 36

How did the public react to Jameson and his attempted raid

Answer 36

Thought he was a hero