Starter quiz
- This keyword is an international organisation consisting of states which once belonged to the British Empire.
- 'Commonwealth' ✓
- In which year was the Atlantic Charter signed?
- 1945
- 1939
- 1941 ✓
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- In which year was the Indian Independence Act signed?
- 1946
- 1947 ✓
- 1948
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- Which of the following countries were partitioned after independence?
- Kenya
- Barbados
- Palestine ✓
- India ✓
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- In which year did the British government create the 'two-power standard'?
- 1889 ✓
- 1906
- 1911
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- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrated how many years of her reign?
- 60 ✓
- 50
- 70
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Exit quiz
- Traditional historiography of the British Empire is from the perspective of the __________.
- British ✓
- colonies
- colonised people
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- The study of the writing of history and of written history is ______.
- 'historiography' ✓
- ______ is the parent state of a colony
- 'Metropole ' ✓
- New imperial history explores __________.
- the role of the British and their achievements
- the relationship between the metropole and the colonies ✓
- the impact of colonisation from the perspective of the colonised
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- Which of the following is an example of how the colonies shaped the metropole?
- the British building schools in India
- the influence of Caribbean music in Britain ✓
- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
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- Which of the following is an example of a question that a postcolonial historian might ask?
- How did British books change Indian stories and poems?
- What was the impact of British policies on the preservation of Indian festivals?
- How do Indians today view and use British-built buildings? ✓
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Key learning points
- New historical perspectives on the British Empire have emerged in recent decades.
- 'New imperial history' emphasises the relationship between the metropole (Britain) and the colonies.
- 'New imperial history' explores how the colonies have shaped the metropole (Britain).
- The end of the 20th century saw a trend of scholarship from non-British perspectives such as Said and Bhabha.
- The significance of the impact of Britain on the colonies has also been debated by historians.
Common misconception
It is possible to view the British Empire as either a force for good or bad.
The enormity of the British Empire and number of individuals involved means that to attach a simple label to the British Empire is an impossible task.
Keywords
Historiography - historiography is the study of the writing of history and of written history
Postcolonialism - postcolonialism is a theoretical approach that is concerned with the impact of colonisation in colonies and former colonies
Metropole - a metropole is the parent state of a colony
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