consolidation of empire 1890-1914

Question 1

why was there british expansion in ashantiland?

Answer 1

to protect gold in around the territory

Question 2

what did british need to protect gold around the territory of ashantiland lead to?

Answer 2

leading to formal british annexation 1900

Question 3

why was there further british expansion in nigeria?

Answer 3

prevent french expansion and protect palm oil

Question 4

what did britians expansion in nigeria lead to?

Answer 4

the british government taking over the responsiblity of the royal niger company and nigeria being unified in 1914

Question 5

why was there british expansion in the cape colony?

Answer 5

to protect the rights of the uitlanders and gold from the germans

Question 6

what did british expansion in the cape colony lead to?

Answer 6

lead to the british quest of confederation being taken up with vigour which,annexation of tranvaal and orange free state in 1900 lead to the second boar war in 1899-1902 were the boars were defeated in the end

Question 7

what happened after the boars were defeated in 1902 after the second boar war?

Answer 7

an act of union was establised with a single parliment and the union of south africa being a single british dominion territory in 1910

Question 8

why was there british expansion in rhodesia?

Answer 8

rhodes desired to establish a land route from the cape to egypt

Question 9

what did rhodes desire lead to?

Answer 9

lead to the creation of north and south rhodesia in 1890

Question 10

why was there british expansion in somaliland?

Answer 10

limit the expansion of the french and the italians

Question 11

what did britians need to limit the exapnsion of the french and the italians in somaliland lead to?

Answer 11

lead to british establishing somaliland as a protectorate and it was administrated a forgein office until 1905

Question 12

why was there british expansion in zanzibar?

Answer 12

to prevent german expansion

Question 13

what did britian do to prevent german expansion in zanzibar?

Answer 13

britian placed a pro- britain sultan on the throne who ruled under british protection.in the 20th century

Question 14

why was there british expansion in sudan?

Answer 14

revenge personal glory and strategic concerns(french and the germans)

Question 15

what did these motivation for expansion lead britian to do in sudan?

Answer 15

started at of omdurman in 1898 which lead to britain naming sudan a veiled protctorate in 1898

Question 16

why was there british expansion in kenya?

Answer 16

protect the route to uganda and trade

Question 17

what did these interst in kenya cause?

Answer 17

it became a protectorate in 1895

Question 18

why was the british intersted in expansion in uganda?

Answer 18

defend the region including trade and commerce

Question 19

what did british interst in expansion of uganda lead to?

Answer 19

the king handing over his power to the imperial british east africa company in 1889 and this power was then transferred to the british crown in 1914 and it became a protectorate