British Empire History
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- Created on: 05-04-18 12:33
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- British Empire
- Keywords and Meanings
- Empire: A group of countries ruled by another country.
- Colony: A country that is part of an empire.
- Resource: The collective wealth of a country or it's means of producing wealth.
- Countries in the British Rule and their Resources
- Australia and South Africa. Traded GOLD
- Jamaica. Traded SUGAR
- Sri Lanka. Traded TEA
- Malaysia. Traded RUBBER
- Benefits and Problems (Britain)
- BENEFITS
- Helped made Britain a country of money.
- Helped with health, education and ease of travel in various colonise.
- Some individuals from the colonised country made money.
- PROBLEMS
- Thought that they were superior than the natives.
- They killed and tortured the natives.
- Human labour increased; slave trade.
- BENEFITS
- Benefits and Problems (India)
- BENEFITS
- The British were able to construct a new railway system across 2900 miles of land.
- Education improved. Schools increased the total number of schools from 170 to 2900.
- The British invested about £400 million into India. They developed a coal industry, which had not existed before.
- PROBLEMS
- There were terrible famines that devastated India in 1876-1877, and 1899-1900.
- The Indian economy was dominated by growing "cash crops" to sell to Britain, rather than growing enough food to feed their own population.
- From 1860-1920, economic growth in India was very slower.
- BENEFITS
- Triangle Trade continents and what they traded.
- Britain/UK
- Cargoes included: gunpowder, felt, silk pieces, sail-cloth, green glass, beads, candles, sugar and tobacco, textiles, muskets, etc...
- Africa
- African Kings captured slaves and held them on the coast for Britain.
- African war lords met the British in west Africa and exchanged goods for slaves.
- USA and West Indies
- Goods (e.g. Cotton, tobacco, rum, spices) that had been made in the West Indies and USA were taken back to Britain to sell.
- Cotton would be used to make clothes for slaves and to be taken to Africa.
- Britain/UK
- 3 Key features of the Slave Trade
- The slave trade cause countries like America and Britain to become rich and powerful.
- Slaves were crammed into the ship with the cargo below the deck. A lot of people died due to the poor conditions.
- All the slaves were auctioned off to people and were sold to farm and grow crops.
- Interpretations
- Someone's view of the past, created deliberately after the events by someone who was not there at the time.
- Historian A says the British Empire was GOOD because it "spread order and wealth"
- Whereas Historian B says the British Empire was BRUTAL because it "exploited people around the world".
- Keywords and Meanings
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