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This was the beginning of the parliamentary life of Egypt, which was an imitation of England's.
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| HOME PREVIOUS |
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| BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| On July 11, 1882, the British bombarded Alexandria. Britain then took control of Egypt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lord Cromer was the man responsible for the consolidation of the absolute rule in Cairo. He became the British Agent in Egypt in 1883 and ruled Egypt for 24 years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LORD CROMER OF GREAT BRITAIN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Parliament Develops in Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cromer left Cairo in 1907 and left Sir Eldon Gorst in charge. After Gorst, Lord Kitchener became resident minister of Egypt and set up a legislative assembly in Cairo. This was the beginning of the parliamentary life of Egypt, which was an imitation of England's. |
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| Army poster recruiting people into Kitchener's army. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lord Kitchener | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Fight to Become Liberated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| After World War I, American President Wilson's Fourteen Points gave Egypt a hope of independence. Saad Zaghlul went to the British Residency and demanded that Egypt be given the right to self-determination.
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| Saad Zaghul, Speaker of Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overnight Cairo became a revolutionary city as every town and city was seized by Egyptians. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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