Empire Facts Hoe Dont Know Flashcards
What did repeal of navigation acts lead to in terms of exports
141/181 million outside empire
55 million tonnes of cotton
Capital 5-50 million
Ireland ?
1779
Remove trade restrictions
1.9-4.9 million Irish imports
China and trade ?
Wanted to pay with industrial goods, china wanted gold leading to negative balance of trade for Britain, Britain flooded china with opium, 1839- blockade 1000 tonnes of opium burned.
Britain hits with gunboat diplomacy
1842 - destroys navy, makes china sign treaty of Nanking - shanghai and 21 million debt
Suez Canal ?
1875
44% 4 million from rothschilds
3/4 tonnage was British 1874
88% of British tonnage went through 1882
China and India trade
Made Cape Town obsolete apart from sailing ships
Dividend increases 5% to 33%
Gradual move to free trade
1779 Ireland - remove restrictions - adam smith - 1.9-4.9 Irish exports to U.K.
1830s - whigs increase electorate making pleasing consumers more targeted in politics
1842 - anti corn league
1846 - corn laws abolished
1842-46- 1200 tariffs removed by Peel
+ entrepôts
Naval bases taken for geopolitical reasons
1782 Gibraltar - maintained stop french getting into med
1815 - Cape Town - block trade to china and India
1839- Aden - maintained because of location with suez - foreign powers had to go past - protect British trade , ensure dominance
Economic result of loss
Of American colonies
232million debt Imports drop 26% Exports drop 18% However trade reached pre war levels in 5 years War was good for textiles and navy Special relationship established
When was hms victory commissioned and decommissioned vs the use of warrior ?
1765-1830
Warrior 1861 , out of date by 1873 - all metal no sails devestation
Infrastructure built under Macquarie
Rum hospital 265 buildings Houses down hawksbury river Expansion into blue mountains 1813 - cultivable soil and road built Toll roads
When did Campbell establish free trade for whaling and sealing
1805
What percentage of immigrants immigrating to Canada were Irish
60%
What scheme could Irish immigrants access
Ops township scheme
Describe the largest gatherings in Canadian rebellions
Montreal and Toronto - 1000 people
Describe power of company army by 1829
3 private armies with artillery and canon
200,000 troops by 1800
Battle of plessey - divani rights
Annexations - Punjab 1840s
Subsidary alliances
- Mysore after Mysore war 1798-99
Cornwallis’ 98 regulations
Introduced zamidar class loyal to British
Papineau’s 92 proposals and response ?
Called for consitutional reform and remove legislative council
Response - Russell resolutions 10 - dismissed watered down
When was the widows remarriage act and religious disabilities act
Remarriage 1850
Disabilities 1855
Enlistment act
1856
Crossing water in war - pollute Hindu caste
What did Campbell do in the mutiny in India
Good tactician
Relieved Lucknow against 20,000 rebels
Evidence for failure of Indian rebellion to spread
1/4 Bengali sepoys revolt
Failure to spread to 2/3 India
Punjab sikhs fight for the British
Bengal rent act
1859
Land rights given to tennants for first time without upsetting zamidar class
However landlords can still raise rents
How many killed or sent to VDL as a result from Canadian rebellions
29 executed
(17,12)
140 VDL
How much territory did Wellseley increase EIC land
243,000kms2
Public work schemes ? Moncrieff ?
385 miles of canal and 100 bridges
What percentage of Americ supported patriots
45%
20% loyal
