chapter 5: attitudes towards imperialism in Britain Flashcards
why did views towards empire change from 1870?
There was a change in opinions and policy towards empire, particularly due to the concern of the actions of other European powers. Other nations grew industrially and Britain now found greater economic competition.
The industrialisation in Britain had also accumulated surplus capital which could not find investments within the country and sought overseas outlets.
European and American tariffs made it harder to flood the Western hemisphere with British manufactured goods.
When did Disraeli bestow the Empress of India title on Queen Victoria?
In 1876
how did youth organisations and magazines?
-The Boys own Paper 1879 featured stories of soldiers and bravery across the globe. It had a circulation of more than half a million.
-School books were pro-imperialist
-clubs and associations such as the Boys Brigade reinforced imperialist values by offering military training and telling boys what it meant to be part of the “glorious empire”
how did missionaries promote the empire?
The British believed that they were inherently superior to other indigenous people in everything. They also believed that they could civilise indigenous people.Missionary societies sometimes helped to open up territories to British rule by penetrating beyond colonial
frontiers, establishing links with indigenous communities, seeking imperial protection, acting as local trading
agents beyond the colonial frontiers and sharing their geographical, linguistic and strategic knowledge with the
authorities.
How and what exhibitions promoted the empire?
They reinforced the British notion of moral, social and racial superiority. The 1886 Colonial and Indian exhibition received 5.5 million visitors.
The London African Exhibition in 1890 celebrated colonialisation and provided a display of different goods from the empire. Also had a “display” of two boys from Bechuanaland.
how did the publication of Darwins 1859 Origin of the Species affect views towards indigenous people?
Darwins 1859 origin of the species was applied to indigenous people which increased racism profoundly and was a means in which the British justified the empire and treatment of indigenous people.
