Key dates for the course Flashcards
When was the Declaration of Independence from Britain by the 13 American colonies?
4th July, 1776
When did the Pitt’s India Act formalise government control over the East India Company?
1784
When did the first fleet sail into Botany Bay?
1788
When did the British fleet defeat the Spanish and French navies at the battle of Trafalgar?
1805
When was the abolition of the slave trade act passed in British parliament?
1807
When was the defeat of the French at Waterloo?
1815
When does representation of the People Act become law?
1832
When is slavery abolished throughout the British colonies? (except East Indian company possessions and Ceylon)
1833
When does the Durham Report define and recommend responsible self-government, which is eventually adopted in all the settler colonies?
1839
When was the abolition of the Navigation
Act which formally ended the mercantilist system in favour of free trade?
1849
When does rebellion break out in the East India Company?
1857
When does the Suez Canal open?
1869
When does Britain occupy Egypt?
1882
When was the Berlin Conference that regulated European trade and colonisation in Africa?
1884-85
When did the Naval Defence Act formally institute the ‘two power standard’ for Britain’s navy?
1889
