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1 Britain as a World Power

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4 Facts Empire partly comprises old settlement colonies India separate, but under British rule

5 Execution of Mutineers at Peshawar in 1857

6 Government House, Calcutta

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11 Ripon’s Ideas Local self-government Schools in English Elections

12 Empire Expanding

13 Lunatic Line

14 Background Tendency toward neo-mercantilism European balance of power had shifted –Germany most powerful rival

15 Kaiser Wilhelm II

16 Attitude Change Empire rediscovered

17 Rosebery Salisbury

18 Joseph Chamberlain

19 Imperialist Creed “Highest Stage of Capitalism”?

20 Sir Thomas Lipton 1850-1931

21 Cecil Rhodes 1853-1902

22 Imperialist Creed Patriotism Natives better off under British rule

23 Lord Curzon 1859-1925

24 Lord Cromer 1841-1917

25 Jawaharlal Nehru

26 Dr. David Livingstone

27 Imperial Conference, 1902

28 Why Did Empire Fail? Inherent contradiction in trends

29 The Boer War and After Demonstrated gap between ideology and reality


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