At its height the British Empire spanned the globe with colonies in all the populated continents. Although similarities and differences in the way that they were settled, exploited, and in turn let go. Both the rise and fall of the British Empire are tied directly to the Metropol’s ironclad grasp over its vast conglomeration of colonies. This does not exclusively imply that each of the colonies were operated the same way, in fact Perhaps, one of the most obvious ways that the colonies would differ was in the system of British rule that was enacted. There are many reasons for why the British would have differing systems in place. In similar fashion to many of the other imperialistic choices made, this was frankly tied directly to the ability for the colony to make the Metropol money. Generally, the more money to be made, the tighter the grasp of the British would be. An example of this can be seen in the direct rule kept for much of India 's colonisation. India …show more content…
As Britain built its empire, each new colony was seen as a new market for British goods. Exporting from Great Britain to the rest of the Empire was just as essential to the economics of imperialism as was the importing of resources from abroad. This is especially evident in the British control over the Indian system of textiles. Attempts were made to increase markets for British cloth with its promotion over the traditional textiles made within India. The colonized were more than just servants of the Empire, they were seen as potential customers of British manufacturing. In a look at advertising in the Empire, William D. Bowman et al. affirms how “as the architects of late-nineteenth-century empire had hoped, new colonies created markets for Western-manufactured goods.” Trade was increasingly facilitated between all of the colonies and Great Britain, continuing to fulfill the goal of making the Metropol even
Since the founding of the Thirteen Colonies, the colonists enjoyed a degree of autonomy and self sufficiency from the mother country, England. The colonies had colonial assemblies, which were more democratic than England’s and were independent governments. British mercantilist laws were not strictly enforced due to the policy commonly referred to as salutary neglect. However, as the British increasingly ignore the problems the colonies faced, the colonies began to look for a common government to lead them. This eventually led to three distinct efforts at intercolonial cooperation and union: The New England Confederation, Penn’s Plan of Union, and The Albany Plan of Union. Therefore, although there were unsuccessful attempts to unite the colonies, there was a strong desire for a common government.
In a similar economic revolution, the colonies outgrew their mercantile relationship with the mother country and developed an expanding capitalist system of their own. In England, the common view was that the colonies only purpose was to compliment and support the homeland. This resulted in a series of laws and protocols called th...
Trade was a vital part of the economy of both England and the British colonies. The colonies would provide a majority of raw materials that would be shipped to England where then they would process raw materials into goods and sell them at markets provided by the colonies. Within this system both England and the colonies depended on each other for commerce. To further enforce this system on their oversees empire England enacted the Navigation Laws. In 1650 the first of these laws was aimed at keeping trade between the colonies limited only to their mother country, England. The law restricted trade of such shippers as the Dutch, by stating all goods must be transported on English vessels to or from the colonies. This helped keep money within British control, but also increased both England’s and the colonies’ merchant marine. Further laws were passed, but none that imposed strict regulations on the colonies. In fact the colonies received advantages from the mercantile system of England. As colonies of England they had the rights of Englishmen. They also had some opportunities of self-government. As compared economically to the average Englishmen of the time, the average American colonist was more often better off. In some markets, such as tobacco, the colonies had great advantages. Although not allowed to trade tobacco with any other country; they were guaranteed a monopoly on the English market. One of the major advantages of British imperialism was the protection supplied by the British army. With the strong soldiers providing defense against natives and other inter colonial disputes and the mighty British navy protecting their commerce on the seas; the colonies benefited from great advantages provided by their oversees “rulers';.
The mindset of the colonists at the time were of course different than the British governments:
The Chesapeake Bay Colonies and the New England Colonies were both colonized by the British, but both regions were vastly different from one another. The English-Native American relations remained tense since the moment the English arrived, and the results of the war was the same: English won, Indians lost. The Chesapeake and New England were both influenced by the geographical differences and lead to a difference in economic values as well as governments. The Chesapeake and New England were both established for different reasons: to expand an empire and to get away from religious prosecution. The oversea British Empire was the most dominant in the world, and even though the colonies were all “British”, they are all vastly different from one another.
In order to have successfully emerged into mercantilism, both colonies had to have been economically self- sufficient, equally balanced within trade, held possession of merchant fleets, and functioned under the control of England 's regulation of trade. Both the Northern and Southern colonies are similar in regards to having attained all of the following characteristics necessary for mercantilism. However the royal English trade and navigation laws towards shipping, buying, selling, and manufacturing ultimately hindered both colonies from fully succeeding financially. Thus, the colonies identically suffered from instability as a result of unfair royal authority. Through parliaments bias passing of the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and other numerous laws that were merely employed in order to garner money for England, the colonies acknowledged such illogical notions and protested. Thus, the colonists united together against the King of England and his tariffs and sought their independence away from the crown. However, it was only through the success of the American Revolution that both colonies diminished their individual forms of governing, and in turn established a singular democratic society. Initially, the relationship between the colonies was limited and nonexistent. Nevertheless, England’s unfair ‘taxation without representation” fundamentally integrated the colonies and empowered their relationship with each
The American colonies new England ,middle and southern colonies were very similar but different.The New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies grew differently over the period on 1619-1760. The three sets of colonies will prove that they were all different. There is hugely different between each other and style to lived. Such as, economics and agriculture.In this essay,
The New England, Middle, and Southern colonies were similar in that they all had a parliamentary system to some extent within their government. In New England, each colony had a governor appointed by the king, however, the towns were self governed by the puritan church and community and tried to stay largely independent of the colonial government. The Middle colonies had some similarity in the representation factor but in contrast they were ruled by a board of supervisors for each county made up of one representative from each town. Similarly the Southern colonies had governors appointed by the king although he was advised by a colonial legislature made up of the wealthy land owners, furthermore increasing the power of the rich and providing
When settlers from England came to America, they envisioned a Utopia, where they would have a say in what the government can and cannot do. Before they could live in such a society they would have to take many small steps to break the hold England had on them. The settlers of America had to end a monarchy and start their own, unique, form of government. They also had to find a way that they would have some kind of decision making power. The most important change that the colonies in America had to make was to become a society quite different from that in England.
Britain was endowed with geographic and political advantages that allowed the country to become the first to unwittingly stumble onto industrialization. Britain was an island, therefore had developed a unique naval strength which subsequently gave Britain leverage when globalization blossomed from expanding maritime trade. Meanwhile, the rest of Europe, including Belgium, trailed behind. Presently, colonized regions still bear the traits and scars from the subjugators of their past. Intensity of Rule: [comparing conquerors].
Because of several acts that Parliament had issued during the 1760s almost every colonist became frustrated and upset with the new approach the British government had taken towards governing their colonies. E...
Throughout history, the British have been a nation of sailors and businessmen. With the dawn of the imperial era, money began to equal power, and the wealth of the British elevated them to the top of the world. As Sir Walter Raleigh said,
Power, control, influence and greed all describe the history of the rise and fall with some of the greatest empires, which all involve the jurisdiction of a central state including large quantities of land and diversity amongst it’s people. The growths of empires happen for different reasons such as military, victories, political control and economic growth and can be very short lived or last five hundred years ("Rise and fall of empires (article) |Khan Academy," n.d.). When an empire collapses it happens over a period of time as the central state gradually loses its power. The Roman, Anglo-Saxon and British Empires have many similarities that helped the creation and fall of these kingdoms.
Most of the civilizations throughout history have been taken over or replaced by other civilizations due to disunity and chaos. Although an empire might seem prosperous, the decline and fall of empires are sometimes inevitable. Even though an empire might seem invincible, there are many factors that could lead to the sudden decline or fall of an empire. Over many centuries, historians have composed many reasons, such as weak militaries, economic burdens, dynastic successions, and external enemies, which have been known to contribute to the rise and fall of many once successful empires.
To begin with, one can observe that the British colonizers did indeed improve Indian civilization by developing means of communication and transport. They built a great number of bridges, over 40,000 miles of railway and paving an astounding 70,000 miles of road (Doc. 4). They established schools,newspapers and telegraphs for the people of the colonies.All blessings of civilization they could not create for themselves (Doc. 1). Furthermore, the British brought 30 million acres under cultivation with large scale irrigation works, began industrialization, improved sanitation and provided an overall higher standard of living (Doc. 4). With many new establishments and institutions to staff, job opportunities opened up left and right for Indian workers.Their contributions to Indian civilization made famine all but disappear throughout India. Without the British, it’s quite possible India could not achi...