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Britain as a World Power
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Facts Empire partly comprises old settlement colonies India separate, but under British rule
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Execution of Mutineers at Peshawar in 1857
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Government House, Calcutta
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Ripon’s Ideas Local self-government Schools in English Elections
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Empire Expanding
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Lunatic Line
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Background Tendency toward neo-mercantilism European balance of power had shifted –Germany most powerful rival
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Attitude Change Empire rediscovered
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Rosebery Salisbury
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Joseph Chamberlain
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Imperialist Creed “Highest Stage of Capitalism”?
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Sir Thomas Lipton 1850-1931
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Cecil Rhodes 1853-1902
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Imperialist Creed Patriotism Natives better off under British rule
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Lord Curzon 1859-1925
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Lord Cromer 1841-1917
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Dr. David Livingstone
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Imperial Conference, 1902
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Why Did Empire Fail? Inherent contradiction in trends
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The Boer War and After Demonstrated gap between ideology and reality
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