History (British Empire) Chapter 3

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What economic system did Britain use in the first half of the 19th Century?
Protectionist
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What was this replaced by?
Free Trade
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If states didn't open up to British trade, what did Britain do?
Threaten, coercion and the Navy
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Give an example where Britain imposed free trade by force.
China, Opium Wars
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Which colonies did worst out of free trade?
Dependent Colonies
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Between 1880 and 1914 what % of British overseas investment went to the Empire?
25%
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Between 1887 and 1913 what % of total overseas investment went to Africa/India/Dominions?
6% / 10% / 22%
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In the third quarter of the 19th Century what % of British imports came from their colonies?
20%
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What % of British exports went to Empire during the same period?
1/3
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What technological improvements were made which helped growth in trade?
Railways, steamships, underwater cables, telegraph lines
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Why did the British government change its attitudes towards chartered companies in the 1870s?
Great Depression, challenges from Europe and America to economic dominance
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In what year did the North Borneo Trading Company receive a charter?
1881
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What goods did it trade in?
Coal, iron, copper, tobacco and coffee
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Why else was Borneo important for the Empire?
Strategic site for Britain in the South China Sea, midpoint between India and Hong Kong
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Who was the leader of the Royal Niger Company?
George Goldie
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What was the main product of this company?
Palm Oil
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When did it receive its charter?
1886
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What was the name of the company which operated in East Africa?
Imperial British East Africa Company
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Who was the leader of this company?
William McKinnon
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When did it receive its charter?
1888
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What was the name of the company in South Africa?
South Africa Company
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Who was the leader?
Cecil Rhodes
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In what did Rhodes make his money?
Diamonds
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When did he receive a charter?
1888
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What was the name of the company in India?
East India Company
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What country in East Africa was taken due to pressure from the East Africa Company?
Uganda
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When did Rhodes become prime minister of the Cape Colony?
1890
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What three things were said to have made up infrastructure of British Colonial trade?
Shipping, railways, canals/rivers
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What type of ship was initially used?
Clippers
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What was the disadvantage of these ships?
Short life expectancy of 20 years
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What ship was used for heavy goods?
Steamship
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In what ways did trains help British imperial expansion?
Transport goods, troops
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What canal was built in Canada in 1867?
Welland Canal
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What were the products of trade and commerce?
Agriculture, mining and industry
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What name was given to the Indians who worked in West Indies?
Coolies
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Name a product that Britain exported from tropical Africa.
Sugar, coffee, cocoa, groundnuts, copra, palm oil
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Name a product mined in Africa?
Diamonds, gold, copper
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In what year was gold discovered in the Witwatersrand?
1886
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In what other country was gold discovered in?
Australia, New Zealand
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When was the Imperial Federation League formed?
1884
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What was this replaced by?

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If states didn't open up to British trade, what did Britain do?

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Give an example where Britain imposed free trade by force.

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Which colonies did worst out of free trade?

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