British Empire

African empire in the period c1870-c1981 Between 1870 to 1981, economic factors occurred throughout the 111 years. For a clearer explanation, Africa is divided into North, East, West and South, this enables us to analyse what the British Empire done in certain areas of Africa. Events within this period can be divided into three time periods, these are: 1870-1902 Expansion – this is mainly about the Scramble for Africa and Informal imperialism. 1903-1955 Consolidation –The British Empire attempts

influence through colonisation. The British empire continuously evolved and changed both negatively and positively as a result of a various different occurrences. The Empire delivered an establishments and foundations that that offered many individual people and groups new opportunities, rights and abilities as well as consequences and threats. The 'first’ British Empire included British expansion to America in the 17th and 18th centuries. The 'second’ British Empire incorporated all Asian and African

The British empire, as well as many others, were diminishing, during the post-war era. The focus of this essay is to answer the question debating the relevance of British imperialism on immigrants who enter the United Kingdom during the post-war period. In summary, the answer that will be provided is that imperialism was the main contributor to pulling people towards Britain, yet it was not the only one. On the other hand, the imperial status had no relevance on all the immigrants, and this also

of people, the British Empire and their previous colony, Burma. In the story Orwell executes an Elephant, who on accounts of the local Burmese people had killed a Burmese man. Throughout the story Orwell represents the two main groups of people in very different ways. The Burmese are seen as spiteful people that are wrongly oppressed and made to rely on the British for everything. These perspective comes from Orwell’s own ethical beliefs as well as being an enforcer of the Empire. On the other hand

of the Empire, precipitating widespread changes. The first of these is a change in the attitudes towards the ideology of empire; the second is a change in terms of future administration of the empire; and the third is a change in the role of Britain as a dominant world power. The combination of these changes caused the beginnings of a series of transformations concerning the British Empire. The first significant turning point was in terms of attitudes to empire. At the

The British empire compromised everything ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. The overseas possessions/territories and trading posts was established by England in the late 16th centuries and the early 18th centuries. When it was at its greatest, it was the largest empire in history and also the foremost global power. The empire was controlling over a fifth of the world’s total land area. After the British empire lost its colonies in North America, they turned towards

feudalism, population growth and financial innovations all led Britain into not only the Industrial Revolution, but also the world trade market as well.1 However Britain’s empire alongside its part in the Industrial Revolution also added to the nation’s great power. According to an article by Business Insider, Britain’s empire spanned over 13 million square miles of land, almost a full quarter of the Earth’s entire land mass.2 However, what is a country without its leader? Great Britain’s continued

The history of the American Revolution, colonial American and British influence is often debated and interpreted by many historians in they own points of view, these historians like Walter Nugent, Gordon S.Wood and Niall Ferguson hold American and British History in very high regard within their history book varying from one side to another. Niall’s book the “Empire” wrote not from a typical American perspective but that of the British and it considers half a millennium of some of the most momentous

Orwell, is a short story about British colonialism in South Asia, during the 1900s. Orwell was inspired to write this story from his own experiences as part of the Indian Imperial Police for the British Empire (Eilers). Most readers often forget that law enforcers do not follow orders blindly and that they do contemplate the orders that are given to them. Orwell’s accounts gives readers a unique perspective of the dichotomy of living as an enforcer for the oppressive British rule, alongside the oppressed

Bridge and Fedorowich argue that historians of the British Empire have failed to pay adequate attention to what they term the “British world” – referring to the white-settled Dominions of the Empire such as Australia and Canada - in their histories of empire. They believe traditional explanations of imperial interaction, like Robinson and Gallagher on informal empire, and David Fieldhouse’s concept of metropole and periphery, are not effective in regards to the Dominions. The authors echo the calls