Relations with Indigenous People Flashcards
soldiers in the Bengal army attacked british officers and marched on Delhi - Indian Mutiny began
may 1857
british control restored in India after Muting
june 1858
Viceroy Canning toured India to win back efforts of those who felt alienated by British rule
1859
discovery of diamonds near Kimberly in West Qriqualand triggered diamond rush
1867
british annexed East Griqualand proposed a federation of British and Boer territories
1874
xhosa war - between xhosa kingdom and BE - longest running military action int he history of European colonialism in Africa
1877-78
british launched invasion on zulu land
1879
Boers turned in British and attacked british army garrisons
1880
british defeated at Majuba Hill
1881
Indian National Congress formed
1885
british annexed Bechuanaland
1885
new gold discoveries at Witwatersrand near Transvaal
1886
Cecil Rhodes received his charter for British South Africa Company
1889
Easter Rising, armed insurrection launched by Republicans against british rule
1916
Rowlatt Act - gave authorities in india the right to imprison anyone protesting against British rule
1919
Amritsar Massacre - British troops fired at crowds of unarmed protestors at Jallianwala Bagh - permanent scar on Indo-British relations
13 April 1919
National Congress of West Africa founded
1919
Haganah formed
1920
signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
1921
East African Association founded
1921
Cyprus declared a Crown Colony
1925
West African Students Union formed
1925
Republicans separated from Britain with the Republic of Ireland Act
1948
partition on Palestine
1948
