EMPIRE Flashcards
THREE WORD SUM
assertive, expansionist and belligerent
dom of scot acts
act of union 1707
declaration act 1720
based on experiences 1689-1713?
peacetime lessons of commercial expansion following treaty of Utrecht
upheld trading systems where?
N. AMERICA, AFRICA, PARTS OF ASIA, EVEN PENETRATED MEDITERRANEAN AND SPANISH EMPRIE IN S AMERICA
what ?/3 of gov revenue came from customs duties and harbour and shipping dues
2/3
private companies that led b expansion
The Ldn company, the Plymouth company, east India,
when Hong Kong ceded to B
Jan 1841 - chuanbi chuenpi convention
what was key to b expansion
profitability… surged synonymously with the commercial/ gluttonous attitudes/conventions of the time
b mad for addictive foreign substances, autonomy over people ect
gain power to the most limited resource: power (land, trade, goods, human resources)
what continued to make expansion possible
expositional growth
what made empire possible 6
1) SHOESTRING BUDGET
2) LED BY PRIVATISATION
3) COMMONWEALTH KICKSTARTED 1649
4) GAIN OF SURPLUS RESOURCES, EXPOSITIONAL GROWTH
5) ECON GROWTH - FUNDED MERCHANT DEVELOPMENT IN INT MARKETS
6) TERRITORIAL SEARCH - Ottoman Empire, CHINESE EMPIRE, MUGHAL EMPIRE - TRADING CONNECTIONS
BY 1914
exercised sovereignty directly over 60 colonies
5.2 mil natives
largest occidental empire since rome
treaty of Vienna 1815
established Austria Prussia Russia and GB as the leaders of europe
the ‘four’ should be those to decide the future of all the conquered territories
-ves for B - A. Smith, Wealth of nations 1937
colonies imposed heavy and unfair burdens on B taxpayers
distorted the allocation of investable funds
increased threats of war
no profitability of pol corruption at home
rise of free trade imperialism provided…
B Econ with profitable outlets for its “surplus” population, capital and commodities
an attack on imperialism by J. A. HOBSON
‘costly and ineffective alternative to social reform and as an obstacle to the structural changes required for the future vitality of the b economy
why needed to happen
impossible for B to dictate and dominate global trade without its role in international commerce
by 1913, ?% raw materials processed by the domestic industry came from abroad
90%
1860, imports such as imperial wheat, tea, cheese, tin, jute, oil seeds, rubber, non-tropical products
1/5 emanated from empire