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into British colonies, with a promise of limited self-government. The Second Boer War was a
major turning point in British history, since the war led to a change in approach to foreign
policy from Britain who now set about looking for more allies.
*The Indian Mutiny 1857-1858 Revoly of the Indian soldiers in the British army in
Bengal. It developed into a wide-spread uprising against British rule in India. The Indian
soldiers recented British annexion of Oudh. Fighting quickly spread and the civil population
were involved in the rising. Various reforms resulted, the most important being the transfer of
rule from the east India Company to the British crown.
*The British Raj in India refers to the British rule in the Indian subcontinent. The region
included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom. The resulting political union
was called the Indian Empire. The system of governance was instituted when the rule of the