week 4 - expansion in egypt Flashcards
david livingstone
anti slavery advocate
“i shall open up a path into the interior, or perish.”
intention was to find a route to the atlantic coast that would permit legitimate commerce to undercut the slave trade and that would also be more suitable for reaching the makololo
recorded his accomplishments modestly but effectively in his missionary travels and researches in south africa (1857), which quickly sold more than 70,000 copies and took its place in publishing history as well as in that of exploration and missionary endeavours
only managed to convert one african, a tribal leader called sechele. however sechele found the christian rule of monogamy too constricting, and soon lapsed
his accounts of what happened during the massacre so shocked and horrified british readers, that they indirectly allowed the beginning of colonisation in africa by western powers - led to livingstone being credited as being the ‘spear head’ of british imperialism, or even the precursor to the scramble for africa
who did isma’li secure a loan from to buy shares in the suez canal?
the rothschild family
between 1880 and 1914, how much of britain’s overseas investment was in empire?
25%
in 1875, how much of his portfolio did gladstone invest into egyptian bonds?
how much capital gain did he make?
37%
130%
