Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Britain in North Africa 1868 - 1902 (2)
- Missionary
- British felt that they were a
natural governing race with
a mission to bring good
government and liberal
ideas to the whole world
- Routes to India
- Suez Canal provided
ability to develop
communications with India
and Red Sea
- Suez Canal allowed supplies, troops
and communications to India in
around 37 days, compared to 3
months by way of Cape
- Economic
- 1876 - four foreign
controllers brought to
manage in to manage
dept, representing Britain,
Italy, France and Germany
- 1876 - System of dual
control established
with a controller from
France and Britain to
supervise Egyptian
economy
- Didn't solve economic
problem
- 1870 - new Khedive in Egypt
- British government
motivated to protect
the interest of
European
bondholders in
Egypt
- Strategic
- Threat of
French control
and Russian
intervention
- 1875 - Disraeli purchased
Khedive shares so they didn't
fall into enemy hands
- 1882 - British called for
a naval bombardment
of Alexandria and
defeated Egyptian army
- Robinson and Gallagher
saw motives to occupy
Egypt as linked to security
of routes to India
- 1880 - Gladstone took over and stated 'apart
from the Suez Canal we have no interest in Egypt'
- 1898 - British occupied
Sudan so other powers
(esp. France) wouldn't