The Edwardian Period: The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire

In June 1744, the Iroquois and representatives from Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania met in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to resolve conflicts and negotiate on agreements. These meetings were called the Covenant Chain.

To what extent was Northumberland more successful than Somerset in ruling England during the reign of Edward VI?

    The United States would still be part of Britain if the revolutionary war did not happen, so what caused this war that made us split.  The colonies and the British used to be best friends, but then the colonist rebelled.  What caused the relationship between the British and the colonies to deteriorate. The relationship between the British and the colonies deteriorated because of the colonies restrictions, the colonists reactions, and the British reactions to the colonies reactions.

When coming to military the germans had the most efficient military ever in there time. In Document D it states “In the coming century the German people will be the hammer or the nail”. This states that if they use their power wisely they will becomes the nail but if they help and out give their power to other countries they will become the anvil. When coming to naval militarism england was the dominant power. The saying for them was England der Blutsauger der Welt

The United States blamed the British for its abuses on its oceans and Native American resistance in the west. To begin with, the British and French were at war during the 1810s, or the Napoleonic Wars. The British began taking sailors from American ships and forcing them to serve their country, in a process called impressment, to infuriate the U.S. and because the British were in desperate need for more sailors to prepare their incoming massive fleet. The British supported Native Americans in their land resistance in the west. For example, the British provided ammunition and supplies to the Native Americans, led by Little Turtle, to defeat Washington’s American force. Again, the British supplied the Native Americans to crush General Arthur

As English shifted their focus on fighting wars, the colonies were left by “salutary neglect” to “develop self-reliance and their own ideas of government”.

Starting in 1754, the Seven Years’ war began and led up to a sequence of events involving the Parliament. The Parliament is the highest legislature in Great Britain and consisted of the House of Lords and House of Commons. The Parliament made three acts because of the Seven Years’ war, which affected the colonist greatly. The three acts made by the Parliament included the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and the Tea Act. The Parliament made the acts to resolve issues and to enforce more laws, however, some acts made the colonist very upset and led up to events of commotion. The colonist had mixed emotions towards the act because some were liked and others were not.

How did the Great War for Empire change the relationship between England and its American colonies?

From September 5-October 26, 1774, in Philadelphia, the first Continental Congress met up. Delegates were sent from all the colonies, except for Georgia. Delegates were elected by Committees of Correspondence of the Respective colonies, colonial legislatures, and by the people. There goal was to unite and show a combined authority to Great Britain.

Sir Francis Drake plundered Spanish ships, returned to England in 1580 with a ship full of Spanish treasure, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

The British Empire hand began its dissolution after would war 2. We can see the power of individuals and the affect they had

During a time in England when there was much religious conflict, there was also a need to protect the queen due to her religious beliefs. The protectors who safeguarded Queen Elizabeth I from danger were commonly thought to be her brave knights or constables. However, there was actually a clandestine group of individuals who were charged with a similar duty. Unlike England’s military intelligence forces today, a disorganized spy group engaged in espionage for the defense of Renaissance England 's important affairs and for Queen Elizabeth herself. Because of this spy ring 's successes, Elizabethan espionage had a dramatic impact on the growth and evolution of England as a nation.

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1) What enabled Europeans to carve out huge empires an ocean away from their homelands?

     The South African Republic and the Orange Free Stated made an alliance. They then declared war on the British on October 12, 1899 because they were uncooperative with Kurger’s demands. The Afrikaner forces were successful in invading Natal and Cape Colony. In December the British commander in chief Sir Redvers H. Buller sent fresh troops to relieve the British forces in three war zones. These zones were Colenso, Natal, the hills of Magersfontein on the Orange Free State and Cape Colony borders, and the mountain range of Stormberge in the Cape Colony. Within a week, which is referred to as the Black Week by the British, each of the new units had been defeated by Afrikaner forces.