Suez Canal

Question 1

What difference did the Suez Canal make to the travel to India?

Answer 1

6,000 miles shorter than the route via cape

Question 2

What made the travels to India 6,000 miles shorter than that via the cape?

Answer 2

Suez Canal

Question 3

What happened between 1854 and 1856?

Answer 3

Ferdinand de Lesseps had obtained an allowance from Egypt to create a company to construct a canal for international shipping

Question 4

When had Ferdinand de Lesseps obtain an allowance from Egypt to create a company to construct a canal for international shipping?

Answer 4

1854-1856

Question 5

Who between the years of 1854-1856 obtain an allowance from Egypt to create a company to construct a canal for international shipping?

Answer 5

Ferdinand de Lesseps

Question 6

What was formed in 1858?

Answer 6

Suez Canal Company

Question 7

When was the Suez Canal company formed?

Answer 7

1858

Question 8

How long was the Suez Canal company, formed in 1858, supposed to run the canal?

Answer 8

99 years

Question 9

When had work began on the canal and when was it completed?

Answer 9

1859 and it was completed 10 years later

Question 10

What began in 1859?

Answer 10

Construction of the Suez Cannal

Question 11

When was the Canal completed?

Answer 11

10 years after work began in November 1869

Question 12

When the canal was finished in 1869, who could access shares in the project?

Answer 12

Able to access internationally

Question 13

Who had interest in the Suez Canal when it was completed in 1869?

Answer 13

Outside France there was little interest. British were rather sceptical about the project, since they thought that the Canal would not be suitable for larger ships

Question 14

Why did the British originally not buy a significant amount of shares for the Suez Canal?

Answer 14

They thought that the Canal would not be suitable for larger ships

Question 15

What was the impact of the Suez Canal on on British traders in the Cape who operated warehouses for the storing of goods?

Answer 15

Reduced profits for them

Question 16

Who did the Suez Canal reduce profits for?

Answer 16

British traders in the Cape who operated warehouses for the storing of goods

Question 17

What was the impact of the Suez Canal reducing profits for British traders in the Cape who operated warehouses for the storing of goods?

Answer 17

November 1875: Disraeli bought shares from Isma’il Pasha (who was facing debt) that were worth £4million

Question 18

Why did in November 1875 Disraeli buy shares from Isma’il Pasha (who was facing debt) that were worth £4million?

Answer 18

Suez Canal reduced the profits for British traders in the Cape who operated warehouses for the storing of goods

Question 19

What happened in November 1875?

Answer 19

Disraeli bought shares from Isma’il Pasha (who was facing debt) that were worth £4million

Question 20

When had Disraeli bought shares from Isma’il Pasha (who was facing debt) that were worth £4million?

Answer 20

November 1875

Question 21

How much were the shares that the Disraeli bought of the Suez Canal in November 1875?

Answer 21

£4million

Question 22

What was the impact of Disraeli buying shares worth £4 million of the Suez Canal in November 1875?

Answer 22

Gave British better control over the passage to India
Controlling stake even though France had more shares
An income from shipping tariffs
Increased British interest in Egypt

Question 23

What gave British better control over the passage to India, an income from shipping tariffs and increased British interest in Egypt ?

Answer 23

Disraeli buying shares worth £4 million of the Suez Canal in November 1875

Question 24

How did Disraeli get the £4million to purchase shares in the Suez Canal in November 1875?

Answer 24

Loans without even securing parliamentary consent and this caused a political outcry

Question 25

Why did Disraeli’s purchase of the Suez Canal (cost £4 million) in November 1875 cause a political outcry?

Answer 25

Funded this through loans without even securing parliamentary consent and this caused a political outcry