British Empire A level, Empire arguments 1947-67, Decolonisation 1947-67, Trade and Commerce Empire, India Case Study, Expansion in Africa, Relations with indigenous peoples, Attitudes towards imperialism in Britain (1857-90, 1890-1914)
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When did India become a crown colony?
1858
Treaty of Tientsin
-1858
-Forces China to open up more ports to Britain for opium import
-Gunboat diplomacy
When did Burton and Speke become the first Europeans to discover Lake Tanganyika?
1858
When was Speke's expedition to locate the source of the Nile?
1860-3
When was Livingstone's third journey in Africa to look for the source of the Nile?
1866-73
When did Canada become a Dominion?
1867
European discovery of diamonds in South Africa
1867
-Kimberly
The Colonial Society
Founded 1868
When was the Suez Canal opened?
1869
When did Stanley find Livingstone?
1871
Annexation of Griqualand West into Cape Colony
-1871
When was Cape Colony granted responsible government?
1872
The 'Long Depression'
-1873
The death of Livingstone
-1873
When did the Gold Coast become a colony?
1874
When was Stanley's expedition to search for the source of the Nile?
1874
The purchase of the Khedive's shares
-1875
-Disraeli
When was Victoria proclaimed Empress of India?
1876
Delhi Durbars
-1877
-1903
-1911
When was the Annexation of Transvaal?
1877
When was Sir Bartle Frere appointed High Commissioner for South Africa?
1877
The Afghan War
-1878-1880
The Zulu War
-1879-1880
First Anglo-Boer War
1880-1
Mahdist Revolt
-Sudan
-1881-1898
British defeat at Majuba Hill
-1881
Pretoria Convention
1881; restores independence to Transvaal
Arabi Pasha Revolt
-1882
.Berlin Conference
-1884-5
Death of General Gordon at Khartoum
-1885
INC formation
-1885
Establishment of Bechuanaland and Niger Coast protectorates
-1885
Discovery of gold in South Africa
-Witwatersrand
-1886
When did the Royal Niger Company receive a charter?
1886
Colonial and Indian Exhibition in South Kensington
-1886
Anglo-German agreement over spheres of influence in East Africa
-1886
When did Zululand become a protectorate?
-1887
When did the Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC) receive a charter?
1888
When did Cecil Rhodes absorb the Kimberly Diamond Companies?
1888
When did Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei become protectorates?
1888
When did the BSAC receive a charter?
1889
When was Rhodesia established?
1889
When was part of Nyasaland made a British protectorate?
1889
When did Zanzibar become a British protectorate?
1890
When did Cecil Rhodes become PM of Cape Colony?
1890
First Ndebele (Matabele) War
-1893-4
When did Uganda become a protectorate?
1894
When was the British East Africa Protectorate established?
1895
When was Joseph Chamberlain colonial secretary?
1895-1903
Jameson Raid
-1895
Second Ndebele (Matabele) War
-1896-7
-'First Chimurenga'
Zanzibar War
1896
When was Rhodes' resignation as Cape Colony PM?
1896
Formation of the Federation of Malay States
-1896
When was Victoria's Diamond Jubilee?
1897
When was Milner appointed High Commissioner for South Africa?
-1897
The Fashoda incident
-1898
Battle of Omdurman
-1898
When was the formal annexation of the Sudan?
1898
When did Curzon become Viceroy of India?
1899
Second Anglo-Boer War
-1899-1902
Anglo-Egyptian Condominium over Sudan
-1899
Final Anglo-Asante War
-1900
When was Ashantiland incorporated into the Gold Coast Protectorate?
-1902
When was the Union of South Africa established?
-1902
When did Chamberlain form the Tariff Reform League?
1903
The 'Khaki Election' 1900
Partition of Bengal
-1905
When was self-government restored to Transvaal and Orange River Colony?
1906
When did New Zealand gain dominion status?
1907
When did Australia gain dominion status?
1901
Gandhi's first non-violent resistance campaign
-1907
-South Africa
Indian National Congress Split
-1907
Boy Scout movement foundation
-1907
-Baden Powell
Morley-Minto Reforms
-1909
When did the Union of South Africa become a self-governing Dominion?
1910
1911 Delhi Durbar
1911 Imperial Conference
-In London
When was the ANC formed in South Africa
-1912
The Third Irish Home Rule Bill
-1912
Crisis in Ireland
-1913
-Ulster Volunteers formed
Suspension of Home Rule for Ireland
-1914
When does Egypt become a formal protectorate?
1914
When is Northern and Southern Nigeria united?
1914
Gallipoli landings
-1915
British support for an Arab homeland in return for their help fighting the Ottoman Empire?
1915
Easter Rising
-1916
-Dublin
Balfour Declaration
-1917
Imperial War Conferences and creation of Imperial War Cabinet
-1917
Amritsar Massacre
-1919
Irish war for independence
-1919-22
Formation of IRA
-1919
When did Gandhi become leader of INC?
1920
When does British East Africa become Kenya?
1920
Government of Ireland Act 1920
When was Egyptian independence?
1922
Irish Civil War
-1922-24
1926 Imperial Conference
-Agreed on definition of Dominion status
Colonial Development Act 1929
The Great depression
-1929