Traders

Question 1

Give 3 examples of traders

Answer 1

• Cecil Rhodes
• William Mackinnon
• George Goldie

Question 2

What was the role of Cecil Rhodes

Answer 2

• annexed territory around Zambezi river -> brought large area of land under British control -> was called Rhodesia from 1895.
• forced tribes out of their land to make room for industrial development.
• key colonial administrator in S Africa -> Cape colony PM from 1890-96.
• Formed own company -> BSAC -> got a charter in 1889.
• Invested in fruits growing in the Cape from the 1880s which began the modern-day fruit industry.

Question 3

What was the role of William Mackinnon

Answer 3

• self-made ship-owner and businessman from Scotland.
• He established British control in East Africa by founding the Imperial British East Africa Company, which was given a charter in 1888, with a view to opening up new markets.
• founded the British India Steam Navigation Company – a very large trading business in the Indian Ocean (especially in Zanzibar).

Question 4

What was the role of George Goldie

Answer 4

• formed the Central African Trading Company in 1876.
• united trading firms on the Niger River by securing over 450 local treaties to create a single company (United African Company).
  -> charter granted and became the Royal Niger Company in 1886.
• established coffee and cocoa plantations and traded palm oil and kernels.