The Influence Of The British Empire

For approximately two hundred years Britain ruled over India, allowing them almost no control of their own country. This is what imperialism was like for many countries. Initially India was colonized for its natural resources by the East India company but the companies hold on India became compromised after the sepoy rebellion in 1857 so the English government took control in a time of crisis. After decades of British Imperialism India finally gained independence in 1947. Brittain helped develop India by creating a government, education, and millions of jobs, however they negatively affected India by using the government and its powerful army to control and suppress the Indians along with Britain's unfair policies which

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.

In the nineteenth-century European imperial influence shaped what we now know as the structure of Europe. This imperial influence and outcomes from World War 1 shaped the geography and political rule for the Middle East. In the Middle East, a lot of Arab counties put a huge emphasis on the power of their family rather than on "contemporary notions of government." Israel is ruled by themselves as a "parliamentary democracy." Many government officials believe the modern state of Isreal as a secular power being dominated by individuals of European descent. A lot of religious Israelis, as well as Jewish and Christan supporters, believe the modern state of Isreal is the outcome of the "biblical Kingdom of David" mentioned in the Quran. For the most part, Arabs and Palestinians do not hold an

Between the period of 1870 and 1914, European powers was at an all-time high. The European powers shifted from being land-based empires to sea-based empires. Land-based empires were typically short-lived, unstable and had limited power. While the new transition of sea-based empires according to class notes, shaped the modern world’s network of long-distance trade. European powers switching to sea-based empires caused major growth, such as global trade and the “New Imperialism”. Coming from this new entry was the Industrial Revolution, which according to John Hobson’s, “Imperialism caused mass production, development of communication and transportation, economic surplus and global trade”. This was the start of major imperial growth between European Powers. European powers started to realize that they had the power to expand their empire globally and take over undeveloped markets. In the 19th century before the war, nationalism and imperialism was extremely important to European Powers. European Powers realized they had the power to go from imperialism to direct colonialism, where they could gain control over other territories.

Imperialism is the advocacy of power and domain by acquiring territory or gaining political and economic control of an area (“Imperialism”). British Imperialism was motivated by the nation’s success during Industrialization. The Industrial Revolution was a time period between 18th and 19th centuries where predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban (“Industrialization”). Industrialization sparked an urge in the British nation to modernize the non industrialized countries. Britain’s economy improved as a result of the industrialization so they started to accumulate feeling of racial superiority against the non industrialized countries. The British justified their racial superiority by using a changed

The colonization of Virginia, Maryland and the Massachusetts Bay corresponds to pivotal points in history that began the formation of our modern day United States of America. In all three of these regions the process of transplantation developed because of the hunger of finding the Northwest Passage and ultimately the search for a get rich-quick-scheme, gold. Besides their initial intentions, other common factors were the shortages of financial resources and the need for continuous investment from London.

Imperialism helped shape the world into how it functions today. Since cross-world travel has been introduced to the European powers, Britain led the charge in colonizing massive parts of the world. The travel and trade across the world had boosted the lifestyle of the rich and gave the poor a good chance to restart their lives and become prosperous in the New World. Imperialism helped shape the world into how it functions today. Throughout the world, Great Britain has colonized multiple major countries for the profit of the mainland.

Imperialism is the takeover of a weaker territory or country by a superior nation. Around the year 1858, India became a victim to British imperialism. It was a valuable colony to britain, they even called it the “jewel in the crown”. Imperialism brought many benefits and drawbacks to India.

Great Britain's interest in India first became present in the 1600s. At this time, the British East India Company had set up trading posts at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. India was first set up as a trading post to benefit Great Britain. After the collapse of the Mughal Empire, the East India Company became the leading power in India. This company continued to grow in wealth over time. Eventually, the British government regulate the East India Company's efforts in London and India. The success of the East India Company had gotten the attention of Great Britain.

When Britain wormed their way into controlling India, Indians had no say or voice in this conquest. While Britain made it appear as if they were helping India by westernizing and administering them, they were actually stripping India of natural resources, safe life for civilians, and a access to a loyal army. Britain considered India to be extremely beneficial on account of their plentiful resources, and huge population. By controlling India, Britain would receive great profit and it was extremely simple to take over because India had no power. After the East India Company took over, a government organization that was indirectly ruled by Britain Indians lost control of their country. The resources in India were required by Britain because of the mass amount of machinery in Britain used for the new and growing, industrial revolution. Although Britain may

Over the course of history, societies of greater technological advancements have dominated and often manipulated societies that lack their technological advancements. European countries and especially England have caused a great deal of damage to cultures and societies around the world through their manipulation of these entities.

According to Keep and Ronall (1999), “the degree to which British imperialism of the nineteenth century was invested in and maintained by the global traffic in addictive substance is well documented. At mid-century, opium was a major export commodity for Britain’s largest colony, India, and the British government was very sensitive to the profits that could be realized through the sale of the drug. Keep and Ronall claimed that “addiction was use in the policing of “otherness” that occurs through the science education” (207-09).

Chapter one covers the earlier colonial timeframe up until approximately 1867 when Hong Kong and Shanghai bank was founded. It seems that Hong Kong was not really recognized for much of anything until the early 1800’s when it was realized to be an acceptable base to process trade through China. It is interesting, and somewhat terrible, to see the amount of conflict in such a short time period. Starting with the First Opium War in 1839, the Chinese suffered through several wars, unfair treaties, piracy, and British tyranny, ending with Hong Kong becoming a center for transnational Chinese trade.

During the reign of Queen Victoria, Great Britain was the centre of a global empire, controlling nearly one-quarter of the Earth. Although only a small minority of the population of the Empire was actually British, British bureaucrats directly administrated it. Moreover, Victorian age is often referred to as the period of the Pax Britannica, since the territories controlled by the British Crown lived under a relative peaceful kingdom. Especially the motherland enjoyed peace and prosperity; the only wars of this period were the sporadic rebellions in the distant colonies, which, however, did not trouble the British citizens on the island (Greenblatt 1636-1640).

The British Rule exits: On July 1st, 1997, the British rule gave way to the People’s Republic of China, who took over Hong Kong’s sovereignty. This must have been deemed to be the start of great awakening and