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What percent of world trade did Britain account for in 1857?
60%
What percent of the world’s trade in coal, cotton and iron did Britain produce in 1857?
50%
What fraction of British coal, cotton and iron exports was the empire responsible for in 1857?
1/3
What percent of copper came from Northern Rhodesia in 1935?
Nearly 70%
When was the compound steam engine developed?
1850s
When was the US Civil War?
1861-1865
When was the Suez Canal opened?
1869
By how many miles did the Suez Canal reduce the journey to India by?
6000
In the 1870s, what percent of Egypt’s imports came from Britain?
40%
How much greater was the return on Indian railway shares than British government stock?
Double
In the 20 years up to 1870, what percent of British portfolio investment did Indian railway shares make up?
20%
What percent of shares in Indian railways originated in India?
1%
When was the treaty of Tientsin?
1858
What did British exports amount to in 1867?
£181 million
In 1867, what was the value of British exports to non-empire countries?
£131 million
When was the Congress of Berlin?
1878
When was the Second Anglo-Afghan War?
1878-1880
When was the Franco Prussian War?
1880-1881
When was the Berlin Conference?
1884-85
When was Bechuanaland annexed to prevent a German-Boer alliance?
1885
When was Mackinnon’s Imperial British East Africa Company chartered?
1888
When did Salisbury issue an ultimatum to Portugal, to protect Rhodes' interests?
1890
In 1914, what percent of British exports went to India?
20%
In 1914, how much were the total British exports to India worth?
£150 million
How much greater was British overseas investment than that of France and Germany between 1890-1914?
Double France’s and three times larger than Germany’s
In 1913, what percent of British exports did the empire constitute?
37%
In 1913, what percent of British imports did the empire constitute?
25%
How much wheat did Britain import annually from Russia during the inter-war years?
17 million hundredweight
How much wheat did Britain import annually from the US between 1890-1914?
31 million hundredweight
Between 1890-1914, how much more wheat did Britain import annually from the US than Canada?
Almost 10 times more
Between 1870 and 1914, by what percent did export and import prices move in Britain’s favour?
10%
When did the Swadeshi movement start?
1905
By what percent did British product sales in India decrease because of the Swadeshi movement?
20%
What was the financial cost of WW1?
Over £3 billion
During the post-WW1 Depression (1920-1922), British exports remained at what percent of pre-war levels?
50%
When was the Sterling Area adopted?
1931
When was the Government of India Act? (that lasted until 1929, when reviewed by the Simon Commission)
1919
When did Canada sign trade agreements with the US without British consolation?
1920s
When were the Ottawa Agreements?
1932
What percent general tariff did the Import Duties Act 1932 exempt the empire from?
10%
How many Indians fought in WW1?
1.3 million
Following the Great Depression, what did the percent of British cocoa imports coming from the empire rise by?
40%
When did total imports remain stable whilst the share from the empire increased?
1913-1934
Between 1913 and 1934, how much did the share of British exports going to the empire increase by?
7%
Following the Great Depression, what percent did railway carriage exports to the empire increase to and from what?
58%-68%
When did a major strike break out among African workers in the Copperbelt Region of Northern Rhodesia?
May 1935
What fraction of its wealth did Britain lose during WW2?
1/4
When was Canada forced to accept British defence policies in return for railway investment?
1860s
When was there a European diamond rush on the Vaal River in the Transvaal
1867
When did Egypt become a veiled protectorate?
1882
When did Goldie's RNC take control of the Lower Niger River, establishing 30 trading posts and securing access to the palm oil trade? (chartered 1886, after being rejected in 1881)
1884
When was the BSAC chartered to administer Zambesia?
1889
When did Chamberlain resign as Colonial Secretary to advocate imperial preference through the Tariff Reform League?
1903
What was the annual military expenditure in 1901?
91.5 million
What was the financial cost of the Second Boer War?
£210 million
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