Relations with indigenous people Flashcards

1
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When did Parliament take full control of the British East India Company

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1858

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2
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When was the Education Act made

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1870

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3
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What year was the percentage 58.2 of Indian people illiterate

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1872

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4
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When was the discovery of diamonds near Kimberley (West Griqualand) on the Orange River triggered a diamond rush.

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1867

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5
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When did Britain annex Basutoland?

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1868

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6
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When did Britain have a major territorial dispute with the Orange Free State (which was an independent Boer republic in South Africa).

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1869

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7
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When did Britain annex West Griqualand

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1871

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8
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When did Britain annex East Griqualand

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1874

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9
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When did Britain propose a federation of British and Boer territories

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1875

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10
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When did Britain pay the Boers £90,000 in order to settle the Orange Free State’s claims to the diamonds in Kimberly.

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1876

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11
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When was the war between Britain and the Xhosa tribe

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Between 1877-1878

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12
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What year was Boer independence

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1880

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13
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When did the Boers turn on the British and attacked the British garrisons across the Transvaal

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1880

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14
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When were the British defeated by the Boers at Majuba Hill

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1881

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15
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When were the British forced to sign the Convention of Pretoria

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1881

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16
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When were the British forced to sign the convention of London

17
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When did the Germans arrive in South-West Africa

18
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When was gold discovered at Witwatersrand near Transvaal capital of Pretoria.

19
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When was the Kaal newspaper (India) created

20
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When did Bal Tilak use his paper to defend the boys and was arrested

21
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When was the Young India Society created

22
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When was the Bengali activism was successful as the regions were reunited

23
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When did Khalid bin Barghash (not to be confused with Sultan Barghash who dealt with Kirk) led a 3-day uprising against the British-supported Sultan in Zanziba

24
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When did the Governor of the Protectorate of Sierra Leone (Frederick Cardew) introduced a hut tax (a tax on natives’ dwellings)

25
When did the Mahdist Sudanese forces besieged Khartoum, a city where British and Egyptian forces were stationed.
1884-1885
26
When did the British defeat the Sudanese at the Battle of Omdurman
1898
27
When did the Gezira Scheme, which was one of the world's largest irrigation schemes begin
1911
28
When did the discovery of gold on the Rand in the Transvaal encouraged Britain's private chartered companies to seize control of the region.
1886
29
When did the British and the Boers settlers met at the Bloemfontein Conference
1899
30
When was the treaty of Vereeniging
1902
31
When did the Cape Colony, the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Natal voted to establish a Union of South Africa and for it to be an independent Dominion
1910
32
When did the Transvaal become a self governing colony
1906
33
When did the Orange Free state become a self governing colony
1907
34
When did the Shah sold Iran's tobacco industry to British businessmen for £15,000. The British company, Imperial Tobacco now owned all shops selling tobacco in Iran..
1891