II – THE 19TH CENTURY: A PERIOD OF

EXPANSION AND RENEWED THREATS

A- The end of the Napoleonic wars and a phase of

unlimited expansion for the British Empire
1) New colonies
2) Colonial expansion in India
3) Expansion of the colonies of settlement
a) Canada
Hudson Bay Company trade routes in the 18th century
Canada at Confederation
Building the Canadian Pacific Railway
 II – THE 19TH CENTURY: A PERIOD OF
EXPANSION AND RENEWED THREATS

A- The end of the Napoleonic wars and a phase of

unlimited expansion for the British Empire
1) New colonies
2) Colonial expansion in India
3) Expansion of the colonies of settlement
a) Canada
b) Australia
Settlement in Australia
Colonial squatters’
homes and estates
Australian gold rushes

A gold nugget from Hill End

(NSW), found in 1872
Forest Creek Monster Meeting against the increase in
the Miner’s Licence fee (Dec 1851)
Flying the Southern Cross flag
(December 1851)
Colonial troops storming the Eureka stockade 3 December
1854
 II – THE 19TH CENTURY: A PERIOD OF
EXPANSION AND RENEWED THREATS

A- The end of the Napoleonic wars and a phase of

unlimited expansion for the British Empire
1) New colonies
2) Colonial expansion in India
3) Expansion of the colonies of settlement
a) Canada
b) Australia
c) South Africa
South Africa: Boer trek out of Cape Colony (1834-
1836)
British colonies and Boer republics in South
Africa
 II – THE 19TH CENTURY: A PERIOD OF
EXPANSION AND RENEWED THREATS

A- The end of the Napoleonic wars and a phase of

unlimited expansion for the British Empire
1) New colonies
2) Colonial expansion in India
3) Expansion of the colonies of settlement
B- The debate about Empire
1) Richard Cobden (1804-1865) and the
‘Manchester School’
 Richard Cobden, the
“Manchester School” and the
repeal of the protectionist laws