Topic 1
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- Reasons for the Expansion to Africa
- Christian missionaries thought they had to civilize people in Africa
- Lost the American colonies
- Sent them on a swing to the East
- Industrial revolution allowed Britain to introduce machines and steam ships to Asia and Africa
- Trading
- Gold trades
- The slave trade
- Ivory trades
- The discovery of precious minerals
- George Goldie and Cecil Rhodes capitalized on new commodities
- Resource demands rose in Britain
- Timber
- Iron
- Coal
- The Suez Canal
- Britain was interested in the Suez canal because it provided them a much shorter root to Asia
- Egypt son became an area of huge importance as it would boost the British economy
- After loosing the American colony, cotton had to be sourced elsewhere and Egypt was now their new source of cotton
- Britain was interested in the Suez canal because it provided them a much shorter root to Asia
- The increase of Britains involvement in Egypt
- 1- Ferdinand de Lesseps gained commisions to set up the Suez canal company
- 2- Construction of the canal began in 1859
- 3- Isma'il Pasha comes to power and Britain gives loans for the contruction of the canal
- 4- the suez canal was done in 1869
- 5- Isma'il was £4 million in debt to Britain
- He had to sell ll his shares in the Suez canal to pay Britain back
- He was replaced by his son Tewfiq in 1879
- 6- Imports from Egypt reached 40% in England
- There was a lot of tension building due to the different opinions of British interest in Egypt and in 1882 riots broke out in Alexandria and 50 Europeans died
- The British PM- william Gladstone sent British Naval forces abroad to bombared Alexandria due to the increase in riots all over Egypt
- Britain retook Egypt and had it as a 'veiled protectorate'
- The British PM- william Gladstone sent British Naval forces abroad to bombared Alexandria due to the increase in riots all over Egypt
- Sudan
- After Britain started to create the British-Egyptian affairs within Sudan they faced a lot of resentment
- The Madhists were against any foreign rule in Sudan
- 1882- Madhists took complete control over areas surrounding Khartoum
- 1883- They did a counter attack where their Colonel was killed
- General Gordon ordered for a retreat but before they could escape they were overrun and General Gordon was beheaded
- 1883- They did a counter attack where their Colonel was killed
- 1882- Madhists took complete control over areas surrounding Khartoum
- The Madhists were against any foreign rule in Sudan
- After Britain started to create the British-Egyptian affairs within Sudan they faced a lot of resentment
- Reasons for the Expansion to Africa
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