acquisitons 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain from 1750A2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: hannahnotleyCreated on: 04-04-17 18:41 what year was the acquisiton of singapore 1819 1 of 36 who located hong kong sir raffles 2 of 36 how many spanish dollars passed through in it founding year? $400,000 3 of 36 by 1824 what had this increased to? $11 million 4 of 36 how many british merchant ships were there by 1846? 20 5 of 36 what was the problem in china? strict trade laws, british merchants remained confined to small area in canton and couldn't travel up chinas large river network 6 of 36 why did the EIC find themselves in a negative trade balance? chinese demand did not meet 7 of 36 how did the EIC solve this problem? import opium 8 of 36 when did the EIC monopoly of china expire? 1833 9 of 36 when did the chinese blockade canton? 1839 10 of 36 how many tons of opium were burnt? 1000 11 of 36 when did the navy seize hong kong 1841 12 of 36 what was signed 1842? treaty of nanking 13 of 36 what did it state? pay 6 million for opium, 3 million in debts, 12 million in reparationsm cede hong kong and grant british legal protection, open ports 14 of 36 what did shanghai become? international city 15 of 36 when did the taiping rebellion break out? 1850 16 of 36 how many francs did it take to complete the suez canal? 433 million 17 of 36 how much did the steam tonnage entering british ports from asia increase by 1868-74 178% 18 of 36 when did disraeli buy the khedives shares and for how much? 1875 for £4million 19 of 36 what did britain do in 1822 in zanzibar? persuade sultan to ban export of slaves from zanzibar 20 of 36 what did treaty signed by the sultan in 1844 do fix import duties at reasonable 5% 21 of 36 what did Bismarck do 1885 reverse expansion policy and delcare Karl peters under imperial protection 22 of 36 who raised £250,000 for the britsh east africa association Mackinnon 23 of 36 what year were a number of east african protectorates established? 1895 24 of 36 where was the railway to and from deveoped in 1896 Mobasa to Uganda 25 of 36 when, where and how long was the shortest war in history? Zanzibar 1896, lasted 38 minutes 26 of 36 what did britain and ussie engage in? the great game 27 of 36 when were border agreements reached between the two? 1895 28 of 36 when did Japan capture port arthur? 1894 29 of 36 which powers supported Russia in japanese intervention? france and germany 30 of 36 how many ships did the 3 have compared to japan? 38 ships compared to 31 31 of 36 when did japan evacuate port arthur? december 1895 32 of 36 who was the port given to? China 33 of 36 when did china lease the port to Russia? 1898 34 of 36 what port did Britain demand for China and when was it given? 1898 lease of weihaiwei 35 of 36 what was the function of the lease? 'for as long a period as Port Arthur shall remain in the occupation of Russia' 36 of 36
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