CHAPTER 4: Role and Influence of Individuals: TRADERS Flashcards
What did traders seek?
new markets and materials
three important traders
Cecil Rhodes
William Mackinnon
George Goldie
Who was Cecil Rhodes?
He was one of the prime movers behind British expansion in South Africa. He was a Diamond magnate and Cape colony politician,
How much of the globes diamond production was Cecil involved in?
90%
What was Cecil Rhodes ambition
Wealth to peruse his ambition; “the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole of the uncivilized world under British rule” and railways from cape to cairo aswell.
What company did Cecil Rhodes establish?
The British South Africa Company
When was the British South Africa Company given a charter?
1889
what did cecil rhodes do to native people?
Forced indigenous tribes from their lands to make way for industrial development
Who was Sir William Mackinnon?
Self Made Scottish businessman who built up substantial commercial interests.
main Area of trading (Mackinnon)
Zanzibar and along the coast of East Africa.
What company did Mackinnon establish in 1888
the Imperial British East Africa Company
What company did Goldie Form in 1876?
Central Africa Trading Company
What did Goldie also establish (plantations)
Established Cocoa and Coffee plantations
how many local treaties did Goldie secure? What did this do?
Secured 450 local treaty arrangements which transferred territory and jurisdiction to the United Africa trading Company.
What were African chiefs promised in return (Goldie)
In return tribal chiefs were promised protection and provided with compensation
