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Theodor Herzl sought support from the great powers for the creation of a Jewish homeland. He turned to Great Britain, and met with Joseph Chamberlain. The British agreed to Jewish settlement in Uganda.
At the Sixth Zionist Congress at Basel on August 26, 1903, Herzl proposed the British Uganda Program as a temporary refuge for Jews in Russia. By a vote of 295-178 it was decided to send an expedition to examine the territory proposed.
Herzl made it clear that this program would not affect the ultimate aim of Zionism which is a Jewish entity in the Land of Israel. The Jewish Territorialist Organization (ITO) was formed and supported Herzl's Uganda proposals during the period 1903-1905.
The Uganda Program was finally rejected by the Zionist movement at the Seventh Zionist Congress in 1905, but Nahum Syrkin and Israel Zangwill called an alternative conference to continue the plan of the Uganda scheme.
After the rejection of the Uganda scheme, Zangwill turned his attention to Canada and Australia. But opposition from local residents led him to abandon the scheme. Expeditions were sent to Iraq, Libya and Angola.
A project that had success was the Galveston scheme which was the settlement of Jews in Texas. The project had the help of Jacob Schiff, a prominent Jewish banker, and 9,300 Jews arrived in that area between 1907-1914.
At the Sixth Zionist Congress at Basel on August 26, 1903, Herzl proposed the British Uganda Program as a temporary refuge for Jews in Russia. By a vote of 295-178 it was decided to send an expedition to examine the territory proposed.
Herzl made it clear that this program would not affect the ultimate aim of Zionism which is a Jewish entity in the Land of Israel. The Jewish Territorialist Organization (ITO) was formed and supported Herzl's Uganda proposals during the period 1903-1905.
The Uganda Program was finally rejected by the Zionist movement at the Seventh Zionist Congress in 1905, but Nahum Syrkin and Israel Zangwill called an alternative conference to continue the plan of the Uganda scheme.
After the rejection of the Uganda scheme, Zangwill turned his attention to Canada and Australia. But opposition from local residents led him to abandon the scheme. Expeditions were sent to Iraq, Libya and Angola.
A project that had success was the Galveston scheme which was the settlement of Jews in Texas. The project had the help of Jacob Schiff, a prominent Jewish banker, and 9,300 Jews arrived in that area between 1907-1914.
