HIS 1110 Lecture : HIS 1110 A – Lecture 2.docx
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A situation that has occurred as a result of europeans wanting to control regions that could supply them with raw materials. They wanted to get the raw materials that existed. They now had to expand their empire and acquire more territories from other people. Australia became the second largest self-governing dominion in the british empire (next to canada) Canada, australia, new zealand, south africa, were very important territories at the turn of the century: one of the most important british possessions was india. 400 milion people in india (most in a state of illiteracy), living in degrading conditions (not the brightest). At the beginning of the century, there was a growing body of indian nationalists. Despite the problems that india had, they demanded self- governance. There was an attempt to reform india in 1909: britain had interests in the folk land islands, established themselves in the carribean (bermuda still british today), sealong (sri-lanka),
