British Empire

The 1960 British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan once gave a speech in South Africa known as “The Wind of Change Speech”. Macmillan said, "The wind of change is blowing through this continent, and whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all accept it as a fact, and our national policies must take account of it” (Baker 179). Macmillan was reinforcing that decolonization is taking place in Africa. Most of the European powers had African…

The great British Empire lost a colony known as America during the Revolutionary War, which soon became a world power. The British and the Americans relationship, prior to the revolution, was peaceful, since the British did not intervene with the colonist. . Soon, the British became involved with many wars across the world, and raised taxes across the Empire, such as in America. Due, to British polices, colonist became very furious since they assumed they were taxed wrongfully and were not…

against the greatest and strongest empire in the world despite the fact that it will bring about countless casualties. It is important that we as subjects of Great Britain take a step back and look at the faults in the plan to gain Independence, because ideologically and pragmatically rallying for this cause will prove to be detrimental to all. Although the Declaration of Independence looks promising there are many faults Ideologically, as subjects of the British Empire it is illegal and unjust…

or politics, to submit to their rule1. Throughout history, empires have controlled large geographical areas and subjected numerous nations to their military power and rule. Imperial powers throughout history have used different justifications for expansion. The idea that ‘Imperialism has always been driven by economic or strategic needs’ is true for both the British and Roman Empires. By analyzing the military expansion of both empires as well as the government systems and the eventual decline…

Independence. The event marked a significant challenge to the British Imperial strength but later recovered (Geppert & Müller, 2015). During the recovery, the country claimed ownership of other such as Tobago, Trinidad, Guyana, Ceylon, and Mauritius. Here, the war was mainly between British and France and ended in the year 1815 (Geppert & Müller, 2015). By this time, Britain had acquired a global empire that was by far impressive. Besides, the empire was stronger, and this was attributed to the…

When the British government decided to collect additional taxes from the colonies, in a way they were also trying to prove their power over the colonies, but “by natural rights the colonist deserved: a right to life, liberty and property… they also had the right to peaceably and quietly worship God according to the dictates of his conscience” (Samuel Adams, P.1) These rights were not respected by the British, or at least that is what colonies felt at the time, by given them not enough rights,…

and wealth through the expansion of their territories overseas. The promise of economic growth and prestige encouraged European nations to expand their territories. However, eventually the European powers turned on each other to enlarge their own empires. Imperialism began with the division of the African continent between European countries, and later moved onto Asia, where the main reason for colonisation was the extensive opportunities for trading. Briefly after this, European nations began…

Britain was a very controversial topic. The Imperialists wanted to remain part of the British Empire and with a strong relationship, but the French Canadian Nationalists did not see any reason to increase ties with Great Britain and would not support efforts to have more decisions made in Great Britain. Laurier wanted a relationship with…

Great Britain desired to abandon its British North American colonies, since Great Britain was faring well on its own. To do so, Great Britain encouraged the BNA colonies to unite as a British dependency through confederation. Yet, Canada as a young nation saw Britain’s encouragement as a prospective idea towards its nation-building and independence. With confederation, Canada achieved greater self-reliance while remaining loyal to the British Empire. British patriotism was preeminent in Canada,…

Throughout the history of all British Imperialism, the home country of Britain strongly affected every colony it possessed, be it for better and for worse. Within the British Empire itself, it is notable that the Middle East, as well as Egypt, had been especially affected in a particularly terrible way. It was benefited in the sense that it received many goods and technologies that would otherwise have been more difficult to acquire simply through trade, but it also received a deteriorating…