impact of imeprial expansion on international relations

Question 1

Explain the Fashoda incident

Answer 1

• A clash between britain and france over Fashoda
  -France was expanding eastwards from French West Africa while britain was expanding southwards from France.

-They both claimed Sudan for their respective countries.

-They both began to mobilise their fleets but reached a compromise , France recognised British possesions of Egypt and Sudan and Britain acknowledged the French presence in morocco

Question 2

Germany’s place in the sun

Answer 2

-kaiser Wilhelm embarked on a policy of Weltpolitik (world policy) this involved seeking overseas possessions - ‘place in the sun” as he termed it.

-Britain saw German acquisitions in Africa as a threat to its own strategic and commercial interests.

-Germany embarked on a naval development programme in 1906 arguing that it was necessary to protect its overseas trade and empire

Question 3

Entente Cordiale

Answer 3

-Britain and France signed the entente cordiale which ended antagonisms between the two and paved their way for cooperation against Germany.

Question 4

Increased tensions between France and Britain because of germany’s imperial policy.

Answer 4

German naval development caused alarm in Britain which argued that Germany’s possessions were not enough to warrant such a large navy

-Both Britain and France felt threatened by Germany’s foreign policy which led to a naval race that increased tensions between the two.

-Britain was concerned that its own navy was dispersed around the world Germany’s navy would be concentrated in the North Sea which posed a threat to its security.

Question 5

Tangiers , Algeciras and Agadir