cp- international realtions leading up to ww1 Flashcards
what’s splendid isolation
britain’s policy from the end of the napolionic wars (1815) to not form alliances
when and why did britan question the splendid isolation policy
1902 ish
after the boers dented their confidence in the 2nd boer war
what was the 2 power standard
where brigand had a bigger navy than the two navy’s below combined
what was the result of britan keeping up the 2 power standard
land army was of second importance
lots of defence spending
who was the leader of germany
kaiser wilhelm ll
in what ways was germany a threat
they supported britain’s enemies
rapidly built up navy to challenge britan 1906
in what ways did germany support the enemy
-supported transvaal (jameson raid)
-established better relations with ottomans for access to africa with out suez
-supplied boers in 2nd boer war
what was the rivalry with russia known as
the great game
what was different about the russian empire
it was contiguous and all on land(army)
how was russia a threat
possible influence in afghanistan
due to lots of troop moving (300,000)
very close to NWFP
russian naval party create threat to suez
what shocking event happened in 1905 between japanese and russia
weaker japanese defet russian fleet
knocking russian confidence
what did the russian defet by japan lead to
triple entent 1907
russian aceptence of afghanistan under british influence
where were the french colonies
north west africa
indochina
when did the french last clash with the british
the fashoda incident 1898
but it was resolved peacefully
what alliances were made between britan and france
entente cordial 1904
triple entente 1907
what when and why was the alliance between germany and austria-hungry
dual alliance
1879
to defend from russia
what was the three emperors league
1881-1887
between germany russia and austria hungry
why did the three emperors league end
conflicts between austria-hungry and russia over the balkons and retirement of bismark
what and when was the triple alliance
1882 italy joins the dual alliance
what was the triple alliance also known as
central powers
when was the franco-russian alliance
1892-talks
1894-alliance formed
when was the anglo japanese naval agreement
1902
why was the anglo japanese naval agreement formed
it freed up britain from protecting its empire in the far east as japan was the biggest threat
when was the entente cordial
1904
who was the entente cordial between
britan and france
what was the nature of the triple entente
a friendly agreement
a series of colonial agreements but not a defence treaty yet
what events tested the french and british alliance
the moroccan crisis
why did brittan care about the mroccan crisis
it was on the rute to suez
near gibraltar
when was the triple entente
1907
who else was russia allies with
serbia
romania
bulgaria
when did brittan declare war
aug 1914 in support of russia and france
when were the two maroccon crisis
1905
1911
who was the main enemy in the maroccan crisis
germany
what was the main reason for the maroccan crisis
germany wanted free trade from morocco
what was the reason for the imperial conferences
concern over naval competition
closer ties with dominions
sought to form a dominion fleet
how did britain’s naval dominance have to change
from two power standard to 60% margin over germany
what was agreed at the imperial conference
colonies committed to help in event of war
what did south africa promise in imperial conference
40,000 men
what did auz and new z promise in imperial conference
to action against germany’s pacific colonies
where did deploy their navy to and from
meditaraian to north sea
how was the british army remoddled
from defending abroad to defending britain from europe
was there an overall native policy in the empire
no
what territories were given native rule
white settler colonies
eg Australia 1901
how were those in white settler colonies treated
original inhabitants treated as second class citizens
white elites took power
give examples of puppet rulers
egyptian kidives
king of uganda
give examples of natives given power
indian civil service
give examples of regions being favoured over others
east africa
sudan
