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imperialism was a 19th century English movement that started a focus on commercial takeover, rather than colonization and territorial expansion. Over time, the phrase started to refer to the use of military and power to force weaker countries to give access to their markets to more powerful states. The result of this rule was the rise of an informal economic control. Free trade imperialism was practiced by many colonial states, but was mainly associated with British policies, especially in Latin…

"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."-Mahatma Gandhi Britain had many territory of colonies, but India was the largest and most important colony. The British Indian colony lasted from 1750 to 1914. It took Indian citizens several movements to kick the British out of India. People of India did not like Brittan colonizing their country. They felt that the British have changed their culture and forced…

1996). The British Empire had expanded rapidly between 1870 and 1900 in which this expansion had brought a countless benefit to the state. This expansion gave an economic benefit to Britain Empire as it expanded the power of Britain outside their country by introducing free trade, new system and…

Compare and analyze the display / presentation of the British Empire in both pictures The painting “The Secret of England’s Greatness” by Thomas Jones Barker from 1861 and the cartoon from July 1, 1997 both deal with the British Empire. However, in what way do they distinguish in representing it? The different perspectives shall be compared in the following. In the painting from Thomas Jones Barker one can see six persons in a badly lit room. Two of them are in the foreground. On the left…

Thomas wrote that on average Britain and Europe transported over “11,000,000 slaves in 54200 voyages” [3]. This is true as What set the British colonial empire aside from its rivals was not the quality of its sugar colonies but the involvement of the temperate colonies on the North American mainland. Unlike the slave colonies established to exploit staple exports, English expatriates to the northern mainland sought to create an in-dependent community. These colonies lacked necessities and…

different countries(Doc A). Countries like Britain, France, Spain, and Russia all occupied territory in North America in 1754. This changed over the course of the French and Indian War. By 1763, all of the French land was taken by the Spanish and English. Native American could not get the amount of food and supplies they needed from their land which had decreased in size(Doc B). The expansion of white people into Native American territory caused this demand for necessities. Expansion was caused…

“The British armed forces in the American revolutionary war” by David Syrett, touches a broad range of topics. It talks about how we are still finding historical objects and evidence from that era, such as the following. It explains that the study of the American Revolutionary War did not begin until the last decades of the nineteenth century. Laughton had a great impact on the history of the British military during the American Revolutionary war. In the Age of the Cold War, historians…

Victoria took great pride in her role as the head of the British monarchy. She reigned from 1837 to 1901-longer than any other British monarch. Queen Victoria had a positive effect on nineteenth century England. Her influence in politics, strong family values, and popularity through the public eye made her suitable to be the main symbol of the Victorian era. The greatest years of the British expansion was when Queen Victoria sat on the English throne. First, Britain started to expand…

War of the Roses is one of the most significant events that made an enormous change to the British Parliament and England’s line of succession. However, there were limitless sacrifices that were committed to transition to the era of peace and prosperity. The royal English family was divided into two parts: the House of York and the House of Lancaster (R. Lacey, 2007, p. 166-169). These two houses fought for the crown to the throne. Because of the feud between the two houses, the War of the…

The 18th century marked the demolition of the Mughal sphere of influence and the rise of the British East India Company. By expanding its trade enterprise into the Indian subcontinent, The Company, hoped to both fund the administrative costs of its day-to-day operations and generate sizeable profits (John 21). After some initial difficulty, the Mughal emperor, Jahangir, allowed the Company to trade in 1612. Two decades after this agreement, the first trading port was established in Bengal. As…