A Level British Empire: Practice Questions and Answers
Treaty of Waitangi 1840 New Zealand to the British 'Swing to the East' British looking for influence in Africa and Asia; after loss of America Colonies joined to form USA 1783 Britain outlawed Slave Trade 1807 Indian Mutiny Cause of Indian Mutiny Rumours of pig and cow fat in the cartridges that had to be torn open with teeth; offensive to Muslim and Hindu sepoys India becomes a British colony 1858; British Raj Burton and Speke discover lake 1858; Lake Tanganyika Speke's expedition to find source of the Nile 1860 to 1863 Livingstone's third expedition to find source of the Nile 1866 to 1873 Canada becomes a dominion 1867 Diamonds discovered in South Africa 1867 Suez Canal opens 1869 Annexation of Griqualand West 1871; to Cape Colony Cape Colony granted responsible government 1872 Onset of the Great Depression 1873 Stanley's expedition to find the source of the Nile 1874 to 1877 Gold Coast becomes colony 1874
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