British empire section 2.3

How much of British exports came from India by 1914?

20%, worth almost 150 million

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What did South Africa and Australia provide?

Wool and sugar

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What did New Zealand provide?

Daily produce and lamb

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What did Canada provide?

10% of Britain's beef and 15% of its wheat flour by 1914

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What did Britain import from West Africa?

Cocoa, rubber, peanuts and palm oil

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What was set up in 1884 and then disbanded in 1893? What does this show?

Imperial Federation League to promote closer colonial ties, it shows a decreasing interest in empire

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In what produce was empire Britain's main food supplier? It provided less than -%?

Cheese, apples, potatoes and fresh mutton, providing less than 10%

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What statistic shows Britain traded with non-imperial world, instead of relying on empire?

IN 1894, Britain imported 64 million hundredweight of wheat- 30.7 million from USA, 17.2 million from Russia and 3.6 million from Canada

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Empire's total trade in 1896 was £745 million, how much of this was provided by empire?

£183 million

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In 1913, what % of exports and imports was empire providing?

75.1% imports from non-empire countries, 24.9% came from empire countries, 62.8% of exports came from empire countries, 37.2% came from non empire countries

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Why did some people believe empire was a drain of resources?

-India was self financing and dominions only relied on British navy for defence so the cost of maintaining a navy outweighed the benefits
-40% of men deemed unfit for military service, Britain deemed 'nation of amateurs'
-Britain lagged in chemical/electr

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How much did British investment increase by 1900-1913, is this statistic pro or anti empire?

£2 billion in 1900, £4 billion in 1913, pro empire

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Give 2 other facts that show empire as beneficial

-London remains world's financial capital
-The Colonial Loans and Colonial Stocks Act of 1899 and 1900 facilitated a number of infrastructure projects, including rail links into the African interior from the ports of Lagos and Mombasa

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How much did the terms of trade (the relationship between export and import prices) increase in Britain's favour between 1870 and 1914?

Terms of trade moved 10% in Britain's favour between 1870 and 1914

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Define 'invisbles'

Any export that provides income but does not have a physical presence e.g. insurance

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How much, in comparison to France and Germany, had Britain invested overseas by 1914?

2X the French, 3x the Germans

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What currency did Britain adopt, what was this an indication of?

The gold standard, showed their economic strength

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What conference did Joseph Chamberlain set up? What was this?

1902 London Colonial Conference, for leaders of Britain and its dominions, discussed creating closer economic ties in the form of an imperial customs union

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What is 'imperial preference'?

Said by Joseph Chamberlain, the belief that colonies and commerce between them has the potential for greater growth and productivity

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Countries had begun to grow independent from empire. Give some examples to back this up

-Australia, NZ and South Africa had all imposed import tariffs to assert nationalism over loyalty to Britain
-Swadeshi (self sufficiency) movement in Britain sought to undermine the Raj
-Canada had its own trading agreements with Germany, France, Italy an

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