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Domestic attitudes 1857-1914 Flashcards

1
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What year did David Livingstone (explorer) try to find the source of the river nile

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1866

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What year did David Livingstone (explorer) see the 400 local Africans being killed by the Arab ruler

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1871

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When did John Kirk (explorer) become British consul in Zanzibar

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1870

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4
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When did Burton (explorer) write Arabian Nights

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1885

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When did John Mackenzie (methodist missionary) place pressure on British govt to establish a protectorate over Bechuanaland?

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1885

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When did Cecil Rhodes (trader) make the British South Africa Company

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1889

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When did the territory run by the British East African Company was transferred to the British government.

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1893

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When did George Goldie (trader) persuade all British trading firms working on the Niger River to join to form the United African Company

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1879

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When did the British govt take direct control of the 2 protectorates included in Goldie’s company, Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria in exchange for £895,000

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1900

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10
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When did Evelyn Baring become General Consul of Egypt

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1882-1907

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When did Evelyn Baring (administrator) approve of the Dufferin report

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1883

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12
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When did Bartle Frere (adminstrator) become the high commissioner for the cape colony?

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1887

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When did Frere attempt to increase British control in South Africa. This led to a war with the local Zulu tribe, led by King Cetshwayo.

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1878

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When did the Parliamentary Select Committee recommended Britain withdraw from its West African settlements.

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1865

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When was Goldie able to get a charter from Parliament for his company in Niger.

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1884

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16
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When did Benjamin Disraeli become PM

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In 1868, then 1874-1880

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17
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When was the crytsal palace speech?

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1872

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18
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When did Disraeli buy £4 millions worth of shares of the Suez Canal

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1875

19
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When was Queen Victoria declared Empress of India by Disraeli

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1877

20
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When did Benjamin Disraeli annex afghanistan

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1878

21
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When did Gladstone become PM?

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In total, he was Prime Minister between 1868-1874, 1880-1885 and 1892-1894.

22
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When did Gladstone refuse to commit further troops, time or money to the Boer conflict after the defeat at Majuba Hill.

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1881

23
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When did Gladstone send British troops into Egypt to suppress Arabi Pasha’s uprising in Alexandria that saw 50 Europeans killed.

A

1882

24
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When did Gladstone withdraw Anglo-Egyptian troops after the Mahdist Rebellion in Sudan.

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1884

25
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When did Gladstone represent British interests at the Berlin Conference.

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1884-1885

26
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When did Gladstone introduce the Home Rule Bill for Ireland.

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1886

27
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When did Joseph Chamberlain become Colonial secetrary

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between 1895 and 1903.

28
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When was the annexation of Ashantiland

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1901

29
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When was Cecil Rhodes, PM of the cape colony?

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1890

30
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When was the Jameson Raid?

A

1895

31
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When did Rhodes send settlers to establish Fort Salisbury in Matabeleland

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1890

32
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When did the productivity of Egypt’s cotton and sugar industries rise by 200% under Baring’s rule

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1902

33
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When was the Denshawai incident

A

1906

34
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When did Baring resign

A

1907

35
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When did Milner negotiate the peace at Vereeniging to end the Boer War.

A

1902

36
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When did Curzon make the north west frontier

A

1901

37
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When was the partition of Bengal

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1905

38
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When was the Khaki election

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1900

39
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When was the the Victoria League was created to show support for the Empire in a non-political manner. ?

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1901

40
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When did John A Hobson write the book ‘imperialism’

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1902

41
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When was the Education Act created?

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1902

42
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When was the free school meals initiative taken place

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1906

43
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When was the imperial college created

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1907

44
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When was the Daily Mail created

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1896

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