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Debates on the British Empire

No other subject in British history generates as much debate and passion today as the British empire. Not only are academic topics like the role of government , the links between money and the empire, and the legacy discussed but moral issues like the role of violence, the place of slavery and the question of compensation and apologies for past deeds now considered to be a stain on British history. Imperialism is nowadays associated with racism and is condemned for the exploitation and subjugation of peoples around the world. Yet just over a hundred years ago the British people were fiercely proud of their imperial heritage and many in Britain still point to the positives they see in what the Empire Empire achieved and brought to the rest of the world. This section looks at some of the Key Questions about the c 19th British Empire

What was the legacy of the British Empire?

What was the Raj? How did the British rule India?

How important was violence to the 19th century British Empire?

What were the causes of the Boer war?

Why did Britain go to war with Germany in August 1914?

What were the main causes of the Indian rebellion?

What are the theories about the British Empire?

Should the British government pay compensation to the victims of British Imperialism?

What was the importance of sport to the Empire?

How was the British Empire run?

What was the importance of the ‘Mission to Civilise’?

Should the Rhodes statute at Oriel College, Oxford be taken down?

Why did the British Empire Expand?

What was the importance of Trade to the British Empire?

What was the New Imperialism of the late c19th?

How important was violence to the 19th century British Empire?

How important was Migration to the British Empire?

How Important was Sport?

What was The Great Game?

Was the British Empire Racist?

Introduction What's On?

Why Study the Empire? Outline History of the British Empire North Laine Walk1 Development of North Laine part 2 Key Features of the 19th century British Empire

Outline History part 2

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Historians' views of the British Empire What was the legacy of the British Empire? What was the British Raj? Why did Britain go to war with Germany in August 1914? What was New Imperialism? Should the British government pay compensation for those who were victims of Imperialism? Should the Rhodes' Statue at Oriel College, Oxford be taken down? What was the role of Sport in the British Empire? What was the nature of the British Empire? How was the British Empire run? How important was trade in the 19th century British Empire? What was the ideology of the 19th century British Empire? Why did the British Empire expand? How important was Migration to the British Empire? Great Game Was the British Empire Racist?

Why did Britain go to war against Germany, part 2

Why did Britain go to war with Germany in August 1914?

Yorktown 1781 The 1788 Fleet The Indian Rebellion The Ashanti War The Opening of the Suez Canal The Discovery of Gold on the Witwatersrand The Jameson Raid Abolition of Slavery Canada Treaty of Waitangi Free Trade Transvaal 1877-1881 The Amritsar Massacre

How important was violence to the 19th century British Empire? What were the main causes of the Indian Rebellion? What were the main causes and events of the Boer War? The Jamaican Rebellion The Opium Wars The Matabele Maori resistance Boer War section Aborigine resistance in Australia Burmese Wars The Red River Campaign The Asante War of 1873-4

Violence and the Empire part 2

Matabele part 2

earlyhistory Creation of the Boer Republics 1867-1895 The Road to War Countdown to War in October 1899 Opening Moves Black Week Sieges Spion Kop The Tide Turns March to Pretoria The Guerrilla Campaign Kitchener's War Peace

General Garnet Wolseley Cecil Rhodes Emily Hobhouse Flora Shaw Kipling's Imperialism Hugh Clifford Lord Salisbury William Des Voeux The Legacy of Cecil Rhodes Sammy Marks Frederick Lugard Frank Swettenham Arthur Conolly Alexander Burnes Olaf Caroe Aga Khan III James Aggrey William Angliss Leopold Amery Baden-Powell Bahadur Shah Zafar Mary Kingsley Bartle Frere Cetewayo Sir Charles Napier Robert Napier test page

Emily Hobhouse part 2

Kipling's Imperialism part 2

Salisbury's Imperial Policy part 2

Introduction and Wars 1843-1859 Wars 1860-1881 Wars 1881-1902 A Chronology of the British Empire Territories A-I Territories J-T People A-L People M-Z Further Reading Historical Fiction Territories of the British Empire in chronological order

Talk on Heroines of the Boer War Talk on Kipling's Imperialism Talk on Victoria's Empire Talk on 'The Boer War' How important was Empire in bringing about World War One Talk on Cecil Rhodes Talk on Wolseley James Hannington Empire and Sport US Imperialism Kipling's Years in Rottingdean