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The first of these uprisings was in May 1857, at a cantonment (military station) called ..., 40 miles outside the capital city of Delhi. Interestingly, the most heated issue—among many—had to do with how you....
Late 19th early 20thc colonialism extended to all areas subject to ...(South and South-East Asia, most of Africa)
Pay attention to the fact that 'crown colony' or 'dominion' are not defintions that correspond to a particular country. For instance, India was a crown colony from ... to ...
Australia became a dominion in 1856 Canada became a dominion in ...
High imperialism - it became a matter of .... The gvt wanted to turn the Empire into a spectacle. Examples: ...
The transition from the Empire to the Commonwealth - a ....who acknowledge the British monarch as symbolic head of the Commonwealth. Defined by the statute of ... (1931).
“‘Imperialism’ means the ....ruling a distant territory; ‘colonialism’, which is almost always a consequence of imperialism, is the implanting of settlements on distant territory”
1783 - the official recognition of the...The centre of the empire moved away from America to ...It didn't develop in the same conditions. Its composition changed.
The Salt March, 1930: a direct action campaign of tax resistance and ....monopoly.
After the 1857 revolts, The British sought to create a ... of fear and terror to make sure no one would challenge British authority again. It took a full year for the British to put down the revolt and re-establish its control over Indian society. By 1858, the East India Company no longer governed India and the East India Company was dissolved by the British. The British Queen Victoria became the ... and India became an ...
The making of the Second Empire: 18-19th century. Shift towards .... (India) Trade partners, materials, sending convicts to Australia.
Under a policy called the ..., the EIC took control over more than 25 states in India in the .... This policy meant that if the British deemed the rulers of those states "incompetent," or if they lacked a proper heir, the EIC could just take over the territory and rule it directly themselves. Any resistance to EIC control was met with a military response. That included British troops as well as thousands of...called sepoys.
The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 marked the climax of the European competition for territory in Africa, a process commonly known as the .... During the 1870s and early ...European nations such as Great Britain, France, and .... began looking to Africa for natural resources for their growing industrial sectors as well as a potential market for the goods these factories produced.
When was the the 'Company Raj': the rule of the EastIndia Company?
ColonialismLatin root: colere, to cultivate, to farm - colonies = settlements of farmers- Until 19th c, colonies = ....(Australia, South African Cape, mainland Americas)
By the mid-1800s, many Indians, including a number of sepoys, were frustrated with living under .... Excessive taxation, mismanagement, ....regulations, and the continuing disrespect for local and religious customs were becoming intolerable. In 1857, a series of uprisings broke out in and around several ...
By the 1800s, the ....was a much smaller and weaker state, whose authority was recognized only by some princes and local governors.
When was the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London?
Maps may be tools of .... Maps were used to legitimate the 'civilising' mission of the empire. Maps were not mere descriptions, they're also.... They represent the territory with certain codes. Usually, the empire is represented in red, as if the red parts were all equal and had same connections to the UK. In fact, it wasn't as homogenous.
In 1877, Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoria proclaimed as .... India was already under crown control after ..., but this title was a gesture to link the monarchy with the empire further and bind India more closely to Britain.