Imperial consolidation
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- Created on: 23-04-20 11:21
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- Topic 7
- Ashantiland
- British wanted King Prempeh to give Britain the entire country but he refused
- The 4th Anglo-Ashanti war broke out in 1896 and Britain gained full control
- Ashanti uprising in 1900 drew the British out
- Nigeria
- 1890 agreement stated that the occupation of Britain in Nigeria to be recognised by the French
- Zanzibar
- Established as a protectorate and installed a puppet Sultan. After his death his cousin was put in charge without British consent
- Britain forced him to step down but he refused and his palace was then bombed
- Uganda
- Many anglicans, muslims and catholics tried to convert the people but in 1886 the King tried to assert authority by executing 30 Christians which started a civil war
- 1889 he gave sovereignty to the British in order for British support and was put back into power
- He then signed a treaty handing Buganda to Uganda to make modern Uganda
- Kenya
- Wthin Britains spheres of influence and had useful railway links to Uganda
- Took advantage of Mosrai and muslim dispute by providing weapons
- They established control after 9 months after the Sheikh fled
- Sudan
- Madhist revolt in 1881 had the country in sevre famine, disease and war.
- Khalifa Abdullah tried to unify the country but it was merely impossible
- Salisbury needed parts of Sudan under control to ensure Egypt was protected from war
- Herbert Kitchener was ordered to penetrate Dongala but went further and was very successful in the battle of Omdurman
- Kitchener was made general of Sudan and opened "Gordon College' in an attempt to teach people how to run a country so that Sudan could unify
- Madhist revolt in 1881 had the country in sevre famine, disease and war.
- Somaliland
- British re-enforced its Somaliland protectorate to limit French and Italian interest
- Rhodesia
- The war against the native Ndebele tribe in 1895 made Rhodesia an official country
- Zambesia was then taken over after treaties with local tribes were made
- Nyasaland
- Targetted by Portaguesse and Arab attacks and Britain eventually established control in 1891
- Guerilla warfare happened on and off until 1897
- Ashantiland
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