CAS IR 349 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lytton Report, January 28 Incident, Hispaniola
11 Mar 2016
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1914 had the largest empire in the entire world, sun never sets on british soil. Too much capital, hobson warned that gb shouldn"t be spending so much $ abroad. Boer-war in 1899-1902, worried about gb taking control. Gb coastal footholds in asia/africa, ppl to aus/nz/sa, suez canal 1859-69. Blocked russian expansion into asia, eco pressure on persia. Anglo-rush deal in 1907 = safely had india and afghanistan, gb got s when persia divided. Germ as only sea threat 2 gb; triple entente = gb, rush, fr. Gb left canada, intervened in lat amer despite monroe, recognized jap as counter-weight to. Hay-pauncefote treaty = gb gave up on a central american canal. Missionary livingstone = commerce and christianity; cecil rhodes = imperialist, mining. Gave us oregon during mex war, still rules the waves (1898-1914), dependent on foreign trade. Gb global coaling stations, gunboat diplomacy, biggest threat to germ. Mackinder = divided the earth in 2; bilateral agreements b/w fr and gb.
