Relations with indigenous people Flashcards
When did Parliament take full control of the British East India Company
1858
When was the Education Act made
1870
What year was the percentage 58.2 of Indian people illiterate
1872
When was the discovery of diamonds near Kimberley (West Griqualand) on the Orange River triggered a diamond rush.
1867
When did Britain annex Basutoland?
1868
When did Britain have a major territorial dispute with the Orange Free State (which was an independent Boer republic in South Africa).
1869
When did Britain annex West Griqualand
1871
When did Britain annex East Griqualand
1874
When did Britain propose a federation of British and Boer territories
1875
When did Britain pay the Boers £90,000 in order to settle the Orange Free State’s claims to the diamonds in Kimberly.
1876
When was the war between Britain and the Xhosa tribe
Between 1877-1878
What year was Boer independence
1880
When did the Boers turn on the British and attacked the British garrisons across the Transvaal
1880
When were the British defeated by the Boers at Majuba Hill
1881
When were the British forced to sign the Convention of Pretoria
1881
When were the British forced to sign the convention of London
1884
When did the Germans arrive in South-West Africa
1884
When was gold discovered at Witwatersrand near Transvaal capital of Pretoria.
1886
When was the Kaal newspaper (India) created
1898
When did Bal Tilak use his paper to defend the boys and was arrested
1908
When was the Young India Society created
1903
When was the Bengali activism was successful as the regions were reunited
1911
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
1896
When did the Governor of the Protectorate of Sierra Leone (Frederick Cardew) introduced a hut tax (a tax on natives’ dwellings)
1898
When did the Mahdist Sudanese forces besieged Khartoum, a city where British and Egyptian forces were stationed.
1884-1885
When did the British defeat the Sudanese at the Battle of Omdurman
1898
When did the Gezira Scheme, which was one of the world’s largest irrigation schemes begin
1911
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
When did the British and the Boers settlers met at the Bloemfontein Conference
1899
When was the treaty of Vereeniging
1902
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
When did the Transvaal become a self governing colony
1906
When did the Orange Free state become a self governing colony
1907
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
