People Flashcards
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Milner and support for Empire
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- Believed in white superiority and nonwhite people as subjects with rights but unable to control their own destinies
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Chamberlin and support for Empire
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- He believed only Empire could enable industrial recovery and solve the national crisis as it would provide employment and social reform
- Believed in a united empire
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Lord Amery and support for Empire
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- He believed in Imperial unity and supported empires transition to a Commonwealth
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John Hobson and criticisms of Empire
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- Wrote imperialism in 1902
- Believed Empire was rich elites controlling free markets for their own economic benefits
- However he did believe in the civilising mission and that the week needed to be governed by others for their own good
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Ramsey McDonald and criticisms of Empire
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- Accepted moral duty as a reason for colonialisation but liberalism was often used as an excuse for imperialism
- He saw an international body as a solution as well as the restriction of large capitalists by redistributing income and creating better market
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Frederic Harrison and criticisms of Empire
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- Lawyer who described Empire as unethical
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William Digby and criticisms of Empire
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- He set up an Indian political and general agency in London to publicise Indian grievances
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Waller crane and criticisms of the Empire
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- He produced anti-war illustrations and encouraged anti-imperialism
9
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The rise of the Labour Party
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- 1893: kier Hardie established the Independent Labour Party
- 1900: Labour representation committee established with Ramsey MacDonald as secretary to support working-class election candidates
- 1903: LRC agreed with liberals the only one liberal/Labour candidate should sit in each seat to win the election against conservatives
- 1906: 26 LRC sponsored MPs. They set up an independent party in parliament (the Labour Party)- John Burns (labour Mp) was part of liberal cabinet
- 1910: 42 Labour MPs elected the liberal party relied on their support
