Informal Empire Flashcards
1
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How did informal empire increase through commercial agreements?
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- places w/ British influence sealed through free trade agreements or British investments, some of the places had British settlers and adopted English culture.
- places like Chile and Argentina, 10% of british exports went to Latin America in late 19th century, British public capital in these places were £80mill
- financiers like Charles Morrison acquired banks in Argentina in 1881, and invested in the country’s utilities, brits lived an elite lifestyle in Buenos Ares, with their institutions and way of life
2
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How did informal empire increase through use of force?
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- in Mexico 1861 to keep free trade open, Peru - 1857, chile - 1863
- Chinese empire threatened to keep open opium trade with India
- treaties naming and Tiansin give brits trading bases in shanghai and Hong Kong, settled in by brits and operated outside Chinese rule.
- 1863 - rob hart appointed Chinese imperial maritime customs office head, giving Britain unrestricted access to Chinese markets
- Afghanistan 1819
3
Q
How did Britain secure informal empire through diplomatic pressure?
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- John Kirk influenced the sultanate of Zanzibar to make sultans first Minister a british representative
