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After World War II, the empire was rapidly dismantled, with... and many other colonies doing so shortly there-after.
. According to Cain and Hopkins' argument, gentlemen - that is, members of the aristocracy and the gentry - avoided becoming too closely linked to industry because it had negative social connotations. They preferred to ...
Imperial expansion was not pursued for any single reason or under any one program, the more so as an early modern model of empire for profit was succeeded by Victorian rhetoric of a mission to improve the world by spreading...
From the 1850s ..." ships replaced wooden-hulled ones.
Sugar colonies (14) in the Caribbean were extremely profitable, but their economies declined with the ...
British India was ruled not directly by the government but by a private company, the ... (EIC), which by 1800 acted as both ... The Company ruled in some states through annexation and direct governance, in other states by indirect rule through ....
Cain and Hopkins argue that, throughout the nineteenth century, ...on the empire were what made Britain a world power.
From ... the navy focused on gun power, unveiling the highly advanced ... in 1906.
What was President Wilson's plan to rebuild European peace called?
What treaty was signed that officially ended World War I?
Which country was blamed for the war and forced to pay for all the damages?
Who was the supreme commander of the entire Allied army
Which notable country did NOT sign the treaty or join the League of Nations?
When did the U.S. officially declare war on Germany?
What was the name of America's army who fought for the Allied Powers?
What was the spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause?
Who died when a terrorist from the Black Hand shoots a person which ended up starting World War 1?
What country used submarine warfare against a british passenger ship called the Lusitania killing 128 Americans?
Both sides used propaganda to encourage what country to enter the war?
What was heavy artillery bombardments, Attacks and counterattacks across open land, and use of poison gases on enemy troops?