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Chapter 14 - Colonial Administration And Policy Flashcards

1
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What was the main reason for policies between 1919 + 1947?

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To keep empire together
Resist rise in nationalism

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What did Edwin Montagu + Viceroy Chelmsford design to create a system of limited self-govt?

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Dyarchy
Where power is divided into 2 centres of authority

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What was under the Government of India Act 1919?

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Viceroy still in control of defence + foreign affairs but had to defends its actions in front of Legislative council
LC - split into lower house + upper house
Provincial councils run by elected Indian ministers responsible for local govt, health + education + agriculture

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What was the Simon Commission 1929-1930?

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Federal system of govt to be created across India
Provinces given more power
Defence + internal security + foreign affairs still to Viceroy

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5
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What was the Round Table Conference 1930 + 1931?

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Came as there was strong opposition in India
Ghandi unavailable to attend 1st but represented Congress Party at 2nd
But B rejected India being self-gov Dominion

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What was the Government of India Act 1935?

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Created a Federation of India by:
Making Provinces self -gov
Expanding vote from 7 mil - 35 mil

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Who opposed the Act?

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Congress Party because didn’t give same freedom as a Dominion or full ind
Princely states as wanted to maintain ind from rest of India

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7
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Did it work?

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No as India was an independent state in 1947

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7
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What did the B do to deal with this?

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Imposed direct rule
Repressed ind protests
Arrested leaders

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8
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In 1939 why did members of Congress resign?

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Opposed Indian participation in war

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9
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What 2 categories did B African Colonies go into?

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Indirect rule - through local leaders
Direct rule - where many B settlers were

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What countries were indirectly ruled?

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Most in W Africa, Tanganyika, Uganda, Nyasaland + N Rhodesia
The League of Nation Mandates

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What was the British policy emphasising in these areas?

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Economic + social development

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12
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What did the B do in Sudan?

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1920 B govt allotted £3 mil for Gezira Cotton Scheme
Needed major dam building + irrigation project

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What did the B do in East Africa?

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1925 allotted £10 mil for improving rail + dock facilities

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14
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What did the B do in West Africa?

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Invested in schools and educational facilities

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15
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What else was set up for the colonies in the continent?

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Agricultural research stations

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16
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What were all the African colonies expected to be?

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Self financing
All major projects were mainly funded by taxes of themselves

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17
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What helped give £1 mil of B Treasury funds for dev projects?

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The Colonial Development Act 1929

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18
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What limited imperial development policy?

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Great Depression
Strikes by African workers - copper mines in Rhodesia

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19
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What countries were under direct rule?

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S Rhodesia
Kenya
S Africa

20
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What happened when the White pop in Kenya was given a degree of self-gov in 1920?

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Moved Kikuyu + Indians out of land
Farmers became wealthy from tea + coffee + taxed Kikuyu

21
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Where did the Kikuyu migrate to?

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Major cities
Nairobi + Mombasa

22
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What did the African nationalism with the Kikuyu make the Colonial Office issue?

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The ‘Devonshire Declaration’
Stressed interests of the Africans had to be respected

23
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When did the white settlers get ind in S Rhodesia?

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1923

24
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What enabled White settler dominance in South Africa?

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Statute of Westminster

25
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What were B aims in Palestine?

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Protect Suez
Stabilise internal conflicts

26
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What made decisions hard?

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B govt in London = pro-Jewish
B authorities in Palestine = sympathy to Arabs

27
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What was the other division between Jewish + Arabs?

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Land holding
Most Arabs poor farmers renting
Wealthier Jewish bought up land with Jewish National Fund + Arabs evicted

28
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When were enquiries to curb land acquisition?

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1929 + 1931
Govt backed down from pro-Jewish in USA + B govt

29
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What did the B do in 1936?

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Sent 20,000 troops to Palestine to deal with Arab rioting + attacks on Jews

30
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What Report was put out in 1937?

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The Peel Report
Recommended Palestine be separated into areas + B controlled some areas
Opposed by Arabs

31
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What did the B do 1937 - 39?

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Policy of repression
100 Arab terrorists hung

32
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What did the B do in 1939?

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Scared of Italian attack on Egypt
Said for a Palestinian state where Jews already living in the country would have a ‘national homeland’

33
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What was Jewish immigration restricted to in 1939?

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15,000 per year

34
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What shaped colonial policy in Mesopotamia?

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Costs of administration
Managing internal conflicts

35
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Why did the B have to intervene militarily in 1920?

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There were widespread demonstrations against B
In Baghdad turned into full scale revolt

36
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What happened at the Cairo Conference of 1921?

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Allowed some local self -gov
B retained full control of military + foreign affairs

37
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What did the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty 1922 confirm?

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Faisal I as King

38
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What did B still keep control of?

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Affairs
Major military bases
Army

39
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What did the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 do?

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Promised full consultation between 2 sides on foreign policy

40
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What was the main interest in Iraq?

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Oil
Before WW1 negotiated with Ottoman for B controlled Turkish Petroleum Company to extract oil
They didn’t uphold that Turkey would get 20% + set new terms

41
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What did the role the Dominions played make them want?

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Full control

42
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What did the B create from concerns of losses?

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Commonwealth
Could gradually become fully independent nations but have ‘special relationship’ with B

43
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What did the Statute of Westminster recognise?

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Dominions should be independent
Laws in B couldn’t be enforced in countries without permission of their own parliaments
They were free to pass their own laws without interference from B

44
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What was the statute + commonwealth seen as in the media?

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Evidence of the civilised nature of the British Empire

45
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What were the problems relating to imperial defence?

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B had economic difficulties - defence = burden
New aggressive regimes came up as a threat to empire + B = Japan + Germany
Rise in nationalist movements

46
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What did B mistakenly think would help them with defence?

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League of Nations

47
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How did B use appeasement as a policy to deploy resources to other areas?

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Surrendered some territory demands made by Nazi Germany + Italy mistakenly thinking they were rational

48
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What other actions did the B do?

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Modernised Indian army
Built up Singapore as a naval base
Spend £25 mil on these

49
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What event meant most of these policies unravelled?

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Chamberlains estimation of Nazis
WW2

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