The Politics Of A Foreign Country

This is down to the influence trade had on Britain at this time. Before trade, Britain was no where near as important, wealthy or powerful as it was until trade came about. Trade meant that Britain could ship goods all over the world to different countries thus increasing Britians profits and also ties with countries. Britain started trading with America after they received independence thus Britains empire began to grow. It was booming, Britain was making vasts amount more money than she ever thought was possible.

By the late 1800s, it would have colonies, dominions, and spheres of influence all over the world. The island of Britain itself acted as a sort of headquarters for these colonies, and many of their finished products were exported back to the homeland. Another use of Britain's wide influence was that it provided diverse raw materials and a plethora of markets for finished products, as well as safe ports for British ships. The country prospered as a whole because of its influence worldwide, and because of its central location with ports in the Atlantic Ocean. It was easily accessible for ships coming from the colonies. (Doc. 1) However, some believed the island was not big enough to reach success. In 1895, Cecil Rhodes said, "in order to save... the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands to settle the surplus population, to provide new markets for the goods produced in the factories and mines." (Doc. 3) Despite this doubt, Britain still managed to spread its influence and leave a mark the world would not soon

From around 1750 to 1900 Britain went through major changes or transformation in industry, agriculture and transportation that affected everybody’s lives. For some it generally improved their lives, however not all were so lucky. The industrial revolution brought with it many changes good for some and bad for others.

Great Britain greatly benefitted from the taxes it enforced on goods in the colonies. It saw these colonies as a source of revenue; that is why it attempted so hard to keep it under its jurisdiction and control. By prohibiting all other trade with foreign countries and restricting the import of goods, Great Britain ensured that it would make maximum profit out of its North American colonies. The conflicts began in the economic

In Great Britain and the United States, a wealth gap was created during the Industrial Revolution, setting up the rich to control the government. Although the standard of living was higher in both places, they both were abusing child labor. Therefore, the government created new laws to stop the abuse of children. For Great Britain, their large population made it easy to move into cities to do work in factories. In the United States, it was different because they did not have access to cheap labor.

Great Britain at this time had many issues with funding themselves after exhausting resources and political power, after the French and Indian War. Britain was slowly losing power trying to keep the inhabitants of the American colonies at the bay. With a victory in the hand of Britain and one of the bloodiest wars staining the hearts of the people of America in the other, Britain had to keep itself strong, so the idea of taking their colonies quickly came to mind and keeping foreign colonies in check was their first priority. There were many issues going on in the British colonies. One of many issues that happened is salutary neglect, which led to the colonies to be mad with the British Government.

As time progressed society in England changed but the biggest change was caused by the industrial revolution. Society did change for the better but had many bad side effect along with it. A good thing that came from the industrial revolution was the upgrade of tools. With the Industrial revolution came many great inventions that people today rely heavily on. Inventions such as cars, planes, and tools. These changes also helped with the progression of house building, making it easier for people to design and build sturdy homes that can withstand nature. This helped us get to where we are today with all the technological advancements. But this all came at a cost. Along with the factories producing this we had people working there. These people were treated very badly with their work environment and pay. There was no minimum wage back then making it hard for people to continue living. And if u didnt die from starvation or overworking you would die from how dangerous the factories are. All day breathing in smoke and having the risk of getting stuck in a machine. And even if u did survive getting injured you would surely die of infection because they can pay for health care on how low their salary. These changes impacted in world we know today in both positive and

During the 1800s, Great Britain was facing a crisis as there was a war with France looming over them. Along with this crisis, Great Britain was facing conflicts with the United States. Great Britain was in a difficult situation as war broke out against France. At the same time, the United States was looking for a "Second Independence" as they were trying to finally prove their independence from The British Empire. Great Britain faced more serious matters with France as they were trying to stay free of French domination. America tried to cripple Great Britain in their war against France by imposing embargos on the nation, but was unsuccessful as Great Britain had all the sources they needed to fight France. America realized they were hurting themselves and declared war on Great Britain June 18,

The seven years of war for which the British government was apart of caused them to racked up an enormous amount of debt. It was because of this debt that the British government made paying off the nation’s debt a priority for American as well as that of the Mother Land. This cause an approach to which the British’s government start taxing the colonies and restricted any of their economic activities. Things like the Wool Act of 1699, Hat Act of 1732 and Molasses Act of 1733 were all ways use to collect money to help pay off debt for the British’s government.

In contrast to Russia and Japan, Great Britain’s industrialization occurred differently. England was actually the first to industrialize and industrial Great Britain served as a model for Japan’s and Russia’s later on. Industrialization was a slow, organic process in England started after feudalism but did cause much of the populace to leave their farms and migrate to urban centers, causing the creation of tenements. However, England’s industrialization was privately incentivized. Rather than the government creating economic incentives to modernize, England’s few natural resources and therefore ambition to take the resources of others caused private capitalists to invest money into building factories and growing industries. And like Japan, England’s industrialization was very successful, as the technological advancements and new innovation allowed their superior military to overcome other countries and imperialize, take over new regions. Thus, even though industrialization in different countries around the world did have differences, industrialization as a process that countries go through have similar characteristics. It causes massive social changes and the growth of urban centers, development and innovations in not just the military but also

The industrial revolution began in Great Britain because of the textile industry. Britain had an abundance of cotton used in the making of textiles. When the cottage industry and the manufacturing of clothes at home changed to the factory system, new machines were being created. Also several key-inventors of theses machines where from Great Britain, and contributed to the factory system being established. Also efficient transportation was already set up in Britain and was further innovated with the demand between procedures and suppliers. Great Britain also had a lot of natural resources. Also the workers in the new factories of the

During the 1840’s, Britain made a drastic shift to free trade and announced that it would no longer be favouring their colonies in trade, which in turn brought up various separatist ideas within the British colonies. British imperialism had a sole goal to obtain raw materials, and to obtain markets for British manufacturers. However, the trading statistics between British North America and Britain were rather weak. In relation to the total amount of imports and exports, only 2.74% of British exports went to British North America, while 3.3% of imports to Britain were from British North America. As we can see, British manufacturers saw the validity behind the idea of “little England”, which was due their concern over Britain paying taxes to a colony which did not provide much back, in terms of trade. Also, British manufacturers believed that if BNA became independent it would eventually become absorbed by the United States, which was Britain’s strongest overseas customer. Thus, Britain would not have to support British North America as its colony, and still receives its benefits in trade.

The United States helped Great Britain with 50 old gigantic warships. They got military bases on Newfoundland, Bermuda and on the British Caribbean islands in return. The British could buy weapons from The United States by the “cash and carry”-clauses, which involves cash payment and the buyer have to get the goods.

Imperialism affected Britain by economic benefits, it was mostly to entrepreneurs. The profits in the early centuries from trade in furs, tea, and or slaves. Also the success in sugar, rubber, and cotton plantations. Success came in the 19th century when Britain became the “Workshop of the world.” By 1850 maybe half a total world GDP. Economic benefits to the poor were they emigrated as miners to Australian, fishermen to Newfoundland, farmers to Southern Africa, and just about anything to the united states. Some people made no more money than they did back home. But many became more appreciably to the money they made since it was more than back home.

The English "consumed far greater amounts of meat than their French counterparts" (Evans, 6) and what is even more surprising is that this prosperity was also enjoyed by populations living well outside urban settlements. Stratification in British society was more than evident in this period and this is evident by unequal access to wealth, status, and power. Aristocracy was an integral part of the society and divine rule was still a universal belief held by most subjects of the British society. Bureaucracy, at the time, was a well established institution which seemed to grow with the growth of the economy subsequent to the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was the result of several factors that Britain had supremacy over. The British colonies were at its highest productivity and all the exports were shipped to England where they were sold or used as raw materials for production. It is argued that the cotton industry was the largest contributor to the technological advances of the period, more specifically, advances in weaving techniques. Factories grew in urban areas of England, where labor was plentiful, and it was not long before even the cities were not big enough to supply the labor requirements of the factories. Rural settlements soon were emptied by the promise of prosperity and independence from communal living. Massive amounts of previously agricultural workers were migrating to the cities with no vision of what may be in store for them. What awaited