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The british empire and colonialism during the victorian age
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THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND COLONIALISM DURING THE VICTORIAN AGE
Maia Toffoletti
Anastasia Tullio
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The foreign policy
During Victorian Age there was a success of Britain and the Empire. Victorians were convinced of their superiority and believed it was their moral duty to export their language, culture and traditions to the "uncivilised" lands of the expanding Empire, but this behavior damaged people and their culture.
The foreign policy
The main purpose of imperial expansion was commercial: to gain access to raw materials and to conquer new markets for British products. The Empire also offered an opportunities to escape poor living conditions in Britain itself. Between 1800 and 1914 millions of British people emigrated from Britain to Canada and Australia. There was also a new pride in the Empire. The wars that characterised Britain's foreign policy were: the Opium Wars, the Crimean Wars and Boer Wars
The Foreign Policy
Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Canada, Australia, New Zealand
The British parliament was divided in two different opinions. One side were the opposes for the freedom of the colonies. The other side thought that it has to preserve the Empire granting the colonies some degree of independence. These colonies were known as “colonies of settlement” attracted immigrants from Britain who settled, claimed land and pushed the natives out. The colonies of settlement were the first to obtain self-government.
Africa: from exploration to colonisation
Colonisation in Africa
It was preceded by the exploration of Africa, which began at the end of the 18th century; the most famous explorers were David Livingstone and H.M. Stanley, both of whom mapped vast areas of central and south Africa. Livingstone was a missionary and anti-slavery campaigner. In 1875 the British government bought the majority of shares of the Suez Canal. In 1882, the British invaded and conquered Egypt. Next, British rule was extended to Uganda, Rhodesia, Kenya and the Niger territories.
The Boer War
Britain had occupied the Cape during the Napoleonic Wars and had taken complete control after the Congress of Vienna. Many of the Boers, who refused to live under British rule, had moved northward to establish two indipendent republics - the South Africa Republic and the Orange Free State. There was peace between the British and the Boer republics until the Boer republics were found to be rich in diamonds and gold. When the British discovered the Boers republic, they conquered these lands for have the control of fields of the resources