Primary Source Worksheet: Joseph Chamberlain (Speech at Walsall)

Question 1: what are some of the chamberlain’s underlying assumptions and arguments? 

• He’s arguing the advocacy for extending the empire to combat the underdevelopment of the empire and also unemployment that still exist. The assumptions that were made by Chamberlain was that Britain was entitled to owning a vast majority of territory around the world. 

Question 2: How does chamberlain perceive the british empire? 

• Chamberlain sees it as an empire that can grow into something larger and more beneficial to the people that are a part of this empire. In the quote Chamberlain compares Britain to a landlord owning an estate, to perceive as business like people having the right to use the land in the way that would benefit them. 

Question 3: Is chamberlain motivated by any ideologies? What are these” 

• Yes Chamberlain  was motivated by different ideologies such as money, power and business revenues, with that he would be able to navigate a territory the way that he pleased.