What is British Uganda Programme?
The '''British Uganda Programme''' was a plan to give a piece of [[East Africa]], owned by the [[British]], to [[Jew]]ish people to live in. The plan was made to help the Jews in [[Russia]] to find somewhere to live after the [[pogroms]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Herzl.html |title=Theodor Herzl's biography at Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=2008-08-27 |archive-date=2010-01-18 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5msONWYLJ?url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Herzl.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The offer was first made by British Colonial Secretary [[Joseph Chamberlain]] to [[Theodor Herzl]]'s [[Zionism|Zionist]] group in [[1903]]. He said he would give them 5,000[[kilometres|km]] of the [[Mau Plateau]], [[Kenya]]. The idea was brought up during [[World Zionist Organization|Zionist Congress]] at its sixth meeting in 1903 in [[Basel]]. Many people disagreed with it. In the end the motion passed by 295 to 177 votes. == Problems == The plateau's high [[elevation]] gave it a low [[temperature]], which was good for the [[Europe]]an people. However, it was filled with [[lion]]s and other dangerous [[animal]]s.{{OR|date=December 2018}} This problem made the Zionists politely refuse the offer for the land. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Zionism/Uganda.html Jewish Virtual Library on Uganda Proposal] [[Category:British Empire]] [[Category:Colonialism]] [[Category:Zionism]]