The British Empire
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- The British Empire
- The Rise of the Empire
- Countries
- Africa
- slaves
- sugar, tobacco, cotton
- gold and diamonds
- India
- cotton, silk, spices and gems
- Natural resources
- East India Trading company-1600
- The famine of Bengal
- negative impact
- 1/3 people died
- survivors migrated to the jungle
- drought in countryside
- people starving
- taxes were raised
- negative impact
- East India Ships at deptford
- created to increase trade
- needed for long trips to india
- fit for war
- positive impact
- The famine of Bengal
- Indian Independence
- 1877- Queen Victoria made empress of india
- Ghandi helped gain independence
- fasted in prison
- The Salt March
- non-violent protests
- 18 July 1947
- Ghandi helped gain independence
- 1877- Queen Victoria made empress of india
- Indian Rebellion
- religious/ social causes
- English language took over from Persian language
- official letters in english
- schools teaching english
- forcing their culture onto them
- official letters in english
- forcing their culture onto them
- British saw Indians as 2nd class
- social divisions- no equality
- not fair
- social divisions- no equality
- English language took over from Persian language
- anglicise the Indians
- 1857
- religious/ social causes
- North America
- lots of land
- Natural resources
- Furs and timber
- Australia
- convicts
- gold
- land
- Africa
- Countries
- Scramble for Africa
- Medicine
- quinine
- made in 1817
- 2 French scientists
- Pierre Joseph Beletierre
- Joseph Cavantou
- 2 French scientists
- made in 1817
- quinine
- Politics
- 1884-Berlin conference
- helped Europe divide Africa
- European countries-unified, working together to colonise Africa
- helped Europe divide Africa
- 1884-Berlin conference
- Ships
- 1840-Ship called nemesis
- heavily armed
- Cpmpetition
- which country could make the most powerful ship?
- easier and frequent trips to Africa
- which country could make the most powerful ship?
- 1840-Ship called nemesis
- Guns
- 1862- Gatlin gun
- early type of machine guns.
- kill opposing Africans
- early type of machine guns.
- 1862- Gatlin gun
- Medicine
- Slavery
- Slave Trade
- sea voyage
- 1-6 months
- treated like animals
- were fed so they wouldn't die
- suicide
- were fed so they wouldn't die
- treated like animals
- 1-6 months
- sea voyage
- should it be abolished?
- yes
- separations in society-discrimination
- formation of rebels
- general disorder
- slaves escape-havoc
- wastes the tie of guards and soldiers
- should be protecting the country
- wastes the tie of guards and soldiers
- slaves escape-havoc
- general disorder
- formation of rebels
- separations in society-discrimination
- yes
- Slave Trade
- Australia
- Aboriginal People
- negative impact
- Britain dumps convicts there
- negative impact
- Aboriginal culture
- Telling stories
- a kind of property
- designed to teach lessons on morality and ethics
- those who own the story can tell it
- The creation story: water in Australia
- Guthi-Guthi
- spirit of ancestral being
- Weowie
- water serpant
- Guthi-Guthi
- a kind of property
- songs and dances
- beliefs
- dreamtime
- the world was formed
- dreamtime
- Telling stories
- Aboriginal People
- Contribution
- India
- £300m-cash and materials
- lots of food
- 1.4m soldiers
- The Carribean
- filled jobs in Britain
- carried ammunition
- 16,000 men volunteered
- Canada
- protected vital supplies
- 1m men in ww2
- built lots of tanks, ships and aircraft
- almost 1/2 million men ww1
- Africa
- countries-military bases
- raw materials-steel, rubber
- support troops- hospitals, airfields, naval bases
- Australia and New Zealand
- 43,000 soldiers ww1
- 1m ww2
- fought in tough battles
- India
- The Rise of the Empire
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