Overview - Government

Question 1

Boer War

Answer 1

Cecil Rhodes started the Boer War by trying to overthrow the government of the Transvaal

Question 2

Control of the EIC

Answer 2

EIC claimed and then lost control over India to the British Government after the Indian Mutiny

Question 3

Britain and the Suez Canal

Answer 3

The British government paid £4million for the Suez Canal and ended up taking control of Egypt and Sudan

Question 4

Normans and the British government

Answer 4

The normans reshaped and developed Britain’s government and set up French influence

Question 5

Encouraging work in Britain

Answer 5

The government gave all people in colonies, a British passport and encouraged people in the Empire to come to Britain to work

Eg. After WWII

Question 6

Huguenots

Answer 6

They were forced out of France by King Louis XIV

French Protestants who faced persecution

Question 7

Idi Amin and the Ugandan Indians

Answer 7

He banished 60000 who came to Britain

Question 8

Prisoners deported

Answer 8

British Government deported prisoners to USA and Australia

Question 9

Assassination of Tsar Alexander II

Answer 9

The Russian government stoked anti-semitism by wrongly accusing the Jews of assassinating the Tsar

Question 10

German persecution of Jews

Answer 10

Jews were persecuted in the 1930s so were forced to leave

Question 11

Salt tax

Answer 11

The British Government enforced a tax on salt, this spurred Gandhi’s protests

Question 12

Stamp and tea tax

Answer 12

British government interfered with the USA

People demanded independence

Question 13

Highland and Ulster Plantations

Answer 13

To secure control of Scotland and Ireland, the British government carried these out

Question 14

EU

Answer 14

The EU formed, and expanded by European governments after WWII