relations with indigenous ppl (consolidation) Flashcards
What was the Young India Organisation?
Founded by Savarkar Brothers, expanded nationally with several hundred members and assassinations.
What was the main outlet for dissatisfied Indian professionals?
Newspapers
Who was the editor of Kesari?
Bal Tilak. Accused of inciting murder of medical officer and jailed.
Who was the founder of Kaal and when was he jailed?
Shivran Paranjape, jailed in 1898 for stirring up hostility. Kaal so popular also arrested for sedition in 1908. 19 month imprisonment and Kaal banned.
What campaign followed the Bengal partition
6 year Swadeshi campaign
Who was killed in India in April 1908?
Two British women in a bomb meant for the district judge in April 1908. Full investigation.
What was the situation in British Somaliland?
Mad Mullah outraged at conversion of children to Christianity. Forms army of 20k Dervishes and raids. Couldn’t be surpassed until ’20s where aerial bombardment wipes out strongholds.
What was the situation in West Africa.
New Governor of Sierra Leone in 1898 (Colonel Cardew) imposes ‘hut tax’ on dwellings. Resistance, scorched earth policy used: fire villages farms and crops. Chief of opposition surrenders in November 1898. 96 people hanged in spite of british plea for leniency.
How does the Daily Mail declare the fall of the Mahdist regime in 1898?
‘The downfall of the worst tyranny in the world’
What conditions had the people of Sudan suffered during the Mahdist regime?
50% of the population lost through famine, disease, and persecution. GB arrival means exchange of one oppressor for another.
Why was the establishment of South Sudanese control problematic?
Wouldn’t renounce customs or pay taxes to the British.
How did Britain respond to troubles in South Sudan.
W heavy hand (death) penalty, leads to more resistance,
How many punitive exhibitions were done in Sudan to establish British control?
33
When were there uprisings in Sudan?
1902-03, 1904, and 1908
How did Sudan develop economically?
Mostly in the Nile Valley. Telegraph and railway lines extended. Port Sudan in 1906. 1911 Gezira scheme for High Quality cotton for British textile industry.
Why was Rhodes frustrated with the Boers?
High tarries and personally with Kruger.
How many were killed in the 2nd Boer War?
22k British, 6k Boers.
Why was the 2nd Boer War difficult to defend?
White ppl
What did the Treaty of Vereeniging do?
Grant £5 million compensation for damages
When did the Transvaal receive self-governing status?
1906
When did the Orange River Colony become self-governing?
1907
