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Great Exhibition
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Media in Indian Rebellion
British public horrified by Indians and thrilled by tales of brave heroism by British -
Jhansi Massacre
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International Exhibition
28,000 exhibitors
36 countries
South Kensington
7000 exhibits from India alone -
Select Committee recommended withdrawal from West African Settlements because of cost
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Reform Act
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Gladstone becomes leader of Liberal Party
Liked Empire but opposed imperialism
Thought Disraeli was jingoist
Still supported empire so differences not as profound as Disraeli was saying -
Disraeli becomes PM
Short lived tenure -
Education Act
Increased national literacy rate -
Disraeli's Crystal Palace Speech
In my opinion no minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing as much as possible our colonial empire, and of responding to those distant sympathies which may become the source of
incalculable strength and happiness to this land. Therefore, gentlemen, with respect to the second great object of the Tory party also - the maintenance of the empire — public opinion appears to be in favour of our principles. -
Disraeli PM again
Served from 1874 - 1880 -
Disraeli makes Victoria Empress of India
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Tories won elections
Used imperialism to win election -
Disraeli buys 44% of shares in Suez Canal
Without parliamentary permission
Worth £4 million -
Disraeli becomes Earl of Bakersfield
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Disraeli appoints Robert Lytton as Viceroy
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Annexed Boer Republic of Transvaal
Launched war on Zulus and Pedis
Wanted British Confederation over Southern Africa -
Nubian Village put on display
Featured people and animals from South Sudan
Human zoo
Displayed at Alexandra Palace -
Lytton launched invasion into Afghanistan
Protracted conflict
10,000 British losses
20,000 Afghan losses
Victory - secured British control in Afghanistan
Acquired north-west frontier -
Transvaal Boers declare independence
Mobilised to throw off British -
British victory in Ulundi
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British loss at Isandlwana
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The Boy's Own Paper
Stories of soldiery across globe
Contributions from Baden-Powell -
Liberals won elections
Tories lost because of setbacks in Afghan and Zulu campaigns -
Period: to
First Anglo-Boer War
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British lost at Majuba Hill
Gladstone declined to commit further troops, time or money
Saw it as Disraeli's ambition for hegemony in SA -
Arabi Pasha uprising
Threatened Suez Canal, safety of European lives, British investments
Public pressure in the press - occupied British reporters -
Khedive Tewfiq installed as ruler
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Gladstone withdrew troops following Mahdist rebellion
Said that Sudanese are "rightly struggling to be free" -
Berlin Conference
Somaliland + Bechuanaland into British protectorates
Local Tswana rulers still in power - Gladstone reluctant to take on further management or costs -
Germans claimed New Guinea
Renames it Kaiser Wilhelmsland
Gladstone resisted intervention/direct conflict with Germany
Thomas McIlwraith (premier of Queensland) ordered occupation of South-eastern New Guinea
Australia financed development of British New Guinea -
Parliamentary Reform Act
Franchise expanded to 5.5 million
Trend of Tories supporting empire for popular support was continued -
Gladstone resigns
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King Solomon's Mines
Imperialist literature
Written by H. Rider Haggard -
Lord Salisbury becomes PM
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Gladstone reelected
Introduced Home Rule Bill for Ireland
Reluctant imperialist
Was sympathetic towards Irish nationalists -
Colonial and Indian Exhibition
Human zoo
Colonial peoples paraded for entertainment and self congratulation -
On the Origins of Species
Led to Social Darwinism -
Africa Exhibition
Traders, gov officials, missionaries, scientific groups who wanted to showcase Stanley's African travels
Two boys from Bechuanaland on display
Displays of weapons -
Salisbury re-elected
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North-west Frontier Province