History British Empire & Slavery

Question 1

slavery
british empire
american revolution
french revolution

Question 2

What where all the colonies that where rules by Britain? (7)

Answer 2

1. new zeland
2. Australia
3. India
4. West Africa
5. West Indies
6. Canada
7. The Thirteen Colonies (America)

Question 3

What methods had the British used to build up their empire?

Answer 3

1. War and conquest ( against the French , Spanish , Indians and native Americans)
2. Building trading bases (Close to the coast) and trade
3. Settling / migrating = colonies

Question 4

Where the Methods of the British Similar or Different than the methods of the Spanish and Romans?

Answer 4

Similarities:
1.They Fought wars to win against other countries
2. They used trading to make money
3. Like the Spanish they got an Empire in Another continent

Different:
1. Spain and Rome used war more

Question 5

State the 3 stages of the triangular trade. And explain what each one carried.

Answer 5

Stage 1: Britain to Afrika - British made industrial goods such as clothes , metals , guns and alcohol. These goods were trade for Africans

Stage 2: Afrika to Amerika - Africans are Kidnapped and put in dungeons in chains. They become slaves and get sent across the Atlantic to Amerika and west indies

Stage 3: West indies to Britain - Plantation goods (produced by slave) such as sugar , cotton and tobacco are exported to Britai. There , they are converted ( turned to industrial goods) and sold at a high price

Question 6

Why did people migrate and settle in Amerika?

Answer 6

Manny settled there hoping to grow wealthy from Farming and trade. Others migrated to Amerika so that they had the freedom to follow their religion in their own way instead of in the way the government at home ordered.

Question 7

Who was the British fighting against for control over nova scotia and newfoundland (Canada ) during the early seventeenth century?

Answer 7

France.

Question 8

Who led the American independence against British troops?

Answer 8

George Washington

Question 9

Why did Britain control coastal bases in Afrika?

Answer 9

Britain controlled coastal bases in Afrika for trade, especially for Slaves.

Question 10

What were the West indies used for in the British Empire?

Answer 10

Plantations were set up to grow sugar for sale in Britain and made large profits

Question 11

What did the British Empire buy from India?

Answer 11

They bought tea , spices , silks and other goods and exported the to Britain

Question 12

What are the three locations were ports where placed in India?

Answer 12

1. Madras
2. Bombay
3. Calcutta

Question 13

What did the British Empire buy from India?

Answer 13

They bought tea , spices , silks and other goods and exported the to Britain

Question 14

Who made three voyages to the pacific between 1768 and 1780 and Found Australia and conquered it for the British?

Answer 14

Captain James Cook

Question 15

What Did the British Empire use Australia for ? why?

Answer 15

Australia was used as a prison by Britain because it was too far away

Question 16

What is another country James Cook Claimed?

Answer 16

New Zealand and other pacific islands

Question 17

What were the four ways Thomas Clarkson used to abolish slavery?

Answer 17

1. Pressure Groups
2. Persuasive writer and speaker
3. Witnesses
4. Research / Investigation

Question 17

Who Benefited from Slavery? (8)

Answer 17

1. Ordinary people
2. British Slave ship owners
3. African war lords
4. Factory Owners
5. Plantation Owners
6. Capitalists
7. Bankers
8. British Slave Traders

Question 18

How did Ordinary People benefit from Slavery?

Answer 18

Ordinary People for whom the slave trade provided many jobs back in Britain: back in Liverpool’s sailors were involved in the slave trade; there were the jobs in factories making things to sell to Africa or the plantations. Slave Labor made sugar cheaper for people living in Britain

Question 19

Why was Clarkson’s challenges so difficult?

Answer 19

Because Nearly everyone in Britain, from farm workers to bishops , accepted slavery as completely normal. West Indies were the most valuable colonies of Britain

Question 20

What are some racist arguments defending the slave trade?

Answer 20

Africans are less skilled that Europeans, proving that white people are superior , so they have a right to do as they wish with black people.

Question 21

What are some economic arguments defending the slave trade?

Answer 21

The slave trade make lots of money for Britain. It has to continue, Africa is undeveloped - no other type of trade is possible

Question 22

Who was Olaudah Equiano?

Answer 22

he was a slave who escaped and told everyone his story

Question 23

Why did the captain of the slave ship Zong throw 130 slaves overboard when they were sick?

Answer 23

The Ship had left Afrika in September. By November 60 slaves had died and many were seriously ill. Collingwood (Ship Captain) thought that if they threw sick slaves overboard the owners would be able to claim money back from the insurance company.

Question 24

Was Mali developed?

Answer 24

Yes, They had advanced trade which also disproved the argument which states Africa is undeveloped and unable to trade. Also Mali had Cowrie shells which were used as currency. Some of the items which were traded were gold dust , agricultural produce ,salt and copper.

Question 25

Counter argue the racist argument which state that Africans are less skilled that Europeans.

Answer 25

Songhay kingdom had a well organized system of government and imported fabrics from Europe and had a developed currency. Timbuktu became one of the most important places in the world. Libraries and Universities were built and it became a meeting place for poets , scholars and artists from other parts of Africa and the Middle East.

Question 26

What is the use of Speculum oris?

Answer 26

it was used for wrenching open the mouths of any slave who tried to commit suicide by not eating.

Question 26

How much space is a adult given on a slave ship? is it sufficient?

Answer 26

6 feet ( 1.8 m) by 1 foot 4 inches ( 0.4 m )

Question 27

what did the British export?(6)

Answer 27

coal,iron,silver,cotton textiles, teapots, railway engines

Question 28

Who benefited from these exports? How?(2 people)

Answer 28

British industrialists: it made them rich

People in the empire: 1. it created jobs for them(factories)
2. they could buy many things they wanted from the empire cheaply especially if they were British made

Question 29

What did Britain import? (7)

Answer 29

tea, coffee , chocolate , cotton, exotic fruits , milk , butter

Question 30

Tell me the story of Zimbambwe ( What century was it in, who built it, what did they specialize in , what were their trading routes)

Answer 30

Zimbabwe was built in the 12th century by black Africans. They mined copper and gold and traded with Persia, Syria and China

Question 31

Who was Cecil Rhoades

Answer 31

He was the most famous British empire-builder of the nineteenth century

Question 32

How did Rhoades take over central Africa?( Rhodesia)

Answer 32

He promised the king of the Ndebele people ( Lobengula) that he would send a few mining prospectors into his area to investigate his mines. Thousands of prospectors came in and conflict broke out. With the new maxim gun British soldiers won the land over