CT term 3 - The British Empire

Question 1

How much of the world did the British Empire cover?

Answer 1

1/4 of all the countries in Today’s World.

Question 2

When did the British Empire develop?

Answer 2

Between the 17th Century and 20th Century.

Question 3

What were the reasons for the Expansion of the British Empire?

Answer 3

National Rivalries
such as Spain
Gaining wealth
Positioning in the World

Question 4

What was the first Successful English colony in America?

Answer 4

Jamestown

Question 5

Why is Jamestown named James town?

Answer 5

It is named after King James I.

Question 6

Who founded Jamestown?

Answer 6

Members of the Virginia Company.

Question 7

When was Jamestown Founded?

Answer 7

1607

Question 8

Why was Jamestown set up?

Answer 8

It was set up to establish Settlements in America.

Question 9

What was the next successful colony founded by colonists of the Mayflower?

Answer 9

Plymouth, New England.

Question 10

What had happened by 1732?

Answer 10

Over 700,000 people had emigrated from Britain.
13 colonies had been established by the British on the North American Atlantic coast.

Question 11

Why were the British interested in colonising the Caribbean?

Answer 11

They wanted to use it as a base from which to seize Spanish ships and attack Spanish settlement in South America.

Question 12

How did the British government attempt to control trade within the Empire

Answer 12

By establishing trading factories which exported back to Britain.
Building a bigger navy.
Introducing laws to ensure that profits from trade made it back to the government in London.
British monarchs would award monopolies to companies in return for the payment of high tariffs

Question 13

Why did the British Governments’ attempt to control trade within the Empire lead to the Golden Age of Piracy?

Answer 13

These laws were quite unpopular and led to an increase in the number of smugglers who disrupted trade. For example, Blackbeard and Morgan.

Question 14

What happened during the 18th Century?

Answer 14

The British Empire espaned to other Areas around the world such as Canada, West Africa, India and the Philippines.

Question 15

What did the British Empire’s Expansion lead to?

Answer 15

This led to conflict with Spain and France known as the Seven Years War, ultimately resulting in a
significant expansion of the British Empire.

Question 16

Why did the British Empire grow?

Answer 16

The British Empire grew due to many different factors, mainly military successes and trading companies.

Question 17

What lead to the open conflict in 1775?

Answer 17

New taxes introduced in the American colonies to help fund the Seven Years War led to protests British rule.

Question 18

What forms the United States of America?

Answer 18

The Thirteen Colonies being united.

Question 19

What did the United States of America do?

Answer 19

They declared themselves independent from British rule.

Question 20

What did the Americans do with French assistance?

Answer 20

With French assistance, the Americans succeeded in defeating the British by 1783.

Question 21

What happened to the British Empire due to the American Colonies?

Answer 21

The loss of the American colonies had a huge impact on the British with traders and politicians turning their attention to the east and India.

Question 22

The British Empire was able to do much good to help the people under its control. Examples include.

Answer 22

English Institution
Common laws
Property rights security
Contract enforcement
Banking practices
Trading practices
Destructions of
Gangs
Thugs
Pests of society
Allowed remarriage of Hindu Widows
Education for all
Brought people into contact from across the globe
Transformed trade
Helped grow cities
Things that they built
Schools
Roads
Railways
Hospitals
Increase in
farming land
Education opportunities

Question 23

The British Empire exploited the people and resources under its control and rather than good, it caused misery and suffering. Examples include.

Answer 23

Food related
Famine
Looting
Sizing crops
Treatment of others
Enslavement
Violence
Unjust treatment of indigenous People
Took parts of the people’s profit
Rebellions and Wars
Brutal massacres
Caused rebellions
Vicious military conquests

Disease
Controlled trading

Question 24

Why did India rebel against the British in 1857?

Answer 24

Th Sepoys were treaded unequally and compared to British Soldiers, it made them angry. The British greased the gunpowder cartridges with animal fat. The Sepoys refused to use them as cows are sacred and they were put in jail as punishment. This made them angry.

Question 25

What changed in India as a consequence of the rebellion?

Answer 25

The dissolution of the East India Company, and forced the British to reorganize the army, the financial system, and the administration in India

Question 26

Were rebellions in Zulu and Boer wars for the same reasons as India?

Answer 26

Yes they were all for the same reason. The rebellion in Zulu was because the British wanted to enforce their demands. The Boer wars were because of the British’s desire the British South African territories of Cape Town.

Question 27

What happened in 1857?

Answer 27

This was the year of the Indian rebellions.

Question 28

What has 2 million got to do with the British Empire?

Answer 28

It is the number of square kilometres the East India Company ruled.

Question 29

What has 2.5 billion got to do with the British Empire?

Answer 29

The number of Indian people the East India Company ruled.

Question 30

What has 80 got to do with the British Empire?

Answer 30

Violent mutinies were reported in over this many garrison towns across large parts of India.

Question 31

Who is Lord Kitchener

Answer 31

British military leader and statesman. He was famous for colonial victories in Sudan and South Africa. Later he helped build Britain’s first mass army.

Question 32

What is a mutiny?

Answer 32

An open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

Question 33

What is a gun cartridge?

Answer 33

A type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a gun.

Question 34

What is annex?

Answer 34

Add to one’s own territory by appropriation.

Question 35

What is a Nawab?

Answer 35

A native governor during the time of the Mongol empire.

OR

A Muslim noble man or person of high status.

Question 36

Who is Bahadur Shah Zafar?

Answer 36

A namesake ruler under the British.

Question 37

When was the Plantation of Ireland?

Answer 37

1541

Question 38

When was the Abolition of slavery?

Answer 38

1833

Question 39

When was the foundation of Jamestown in America?

Answer 39

1607

Question 40

When did the Pilgrim Fathers land in America?

Answer 40

1620

Question 41

When did the French surrender of Quebec?

Answer 41

1750

Question 42

When were the Opium Wars?

Answer 42

1839-60

Question 43

When did Captain Cook land in Australia?

Answer 43

1786

Question 44

When was the Australian Independence?

Answer 44

1911

Question 45

When was the Dominion of Canada established?

Answer 45

1867

Question 46

When was the Indian Independance?

Answer 46

1947

Question 47

When was the Deli Durbar?

Answer 47

1902

Question 48

When was Francis Drake’s circumnavigation?

Answer 48

1580

Question 49

When was the American Declaration of Independence?

Answer 49

1776

Question 50

When was the Black Hole of Calcutta, India?

Answer 50

1756

Question 51

When was Livingstone in Africa?

Answer 51

1846

Question 52

When was the founding of the East India Company?

Answer 52

1608

Question 53

When was the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 53

1733

Question 54

When was the Indian Mutiny?

Answer 54

1857

Question 55

What is the Rosetta Stone?

Answer 55

A large stone with hieroglyphs on it found by a soldier in Napoleon’s army in 1799.

When people outside of Egypt discovered the large amount of picture writing called ‘hieroglyphs’, they spent years trying to figure out what the ancient Egyptians were saying. Many professionals devoted almost their entire lives to making an attempt at translation. It wasn’t until the Rosetta Stone was found, that they had a way to hear the messages of the ancient Egyptians.

The Rosetta Stone was actually found by one of the soldiers in Napoleon’s army in 1799. Napoleon was fascinated with ancient Egypt and spent a lot of time there with plans to rebuild a fort. While they were digging around in some of the foundations at a town called el-Rashid (which means Rosetta) they found the stone. When the British defeated Napoleon, the stone became the property of the British and was taken to England and then to the British Museum. It has since become one of the most visited exhibits in the British Museum and is considered to be one of the most important objects.

In 2003, Egyptologists began going around the world to make special requests of the various countries to return some of the Egyptian antiquities that had been taken over the years. Both the British and French museums held many of the Egyptian treasures. In 2005, the British Museum presented Egypt with an exact replica of the Rosetta Stone and it is displayed at the Rashid National Museum, very close to the original location where the stone was found.