Four vital factors in the Rise of Empire Britain developed through a combination of dynastic shifts, strategic trade outposts and aggressive nationalistic policies, expressed through its navy, into a position of world-wide authority (if not supremacy) between the years 1660 and 1760. It is tempting to consider the words of Horace Seeley, writing in 1870, [...]
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4 Reasons why Britain conquered the World
Posted: May 31, 2010 in A Level History, British Empire, British India, Empire and Expansion, History, Imperial Expansion 1815-1870, Rise of Empire 1660-1760, VictorianTags: A Level History, British Empire, British India, Empire. Imperialism, History, Niall Ferguson, Rise of Empire, Rule Britannia
How did Britain develop as a world-power between 1660 and 1760?
Posted: February 11, 2009 in A Level History, American History, British Empire, British India, Empire and Expansion, History, India, Rise of Empire 1660-1760Tags: 1660-1760, A Level History, American History, Anglo-Dutch wars, British Empire, History, Naval History, Rise of Empire, seven years war, slavery
The thesis of this sketch survey is that Britain developed through a combination of dynastic shifts, strategic trade outposts and aggressive nationalistic policies, expressed through its navy, into a position of world-wide authority (if not supremacy) between the years 1660 and 1760.
Christian Mission and Victorian Imperialism
Posted: January 6, 2009 in A Level History, British Empire, British India, Empire and Expansion, History, Imperial Expansion 1815-1870, India, Missiology, VictorianTags: A Level History, British Empire, British India, History, Robert Clive
This paper explores the role that Christian mission had in the development of Victorian Imperialism.
Nineteenth Century Christian Mission: The ideological arm of Western Imperialism?
Posted: December 16, 2008 in A Level History, British Empire, British India, History, Imperial Expansion 1815-1870, IndiaTags: A Level History, British India, Colonisation, History, Imperialism, Livingstone, Victorian
A bishop visits his flock: Sierra Leone c1880 During the first half of the nineteenth century, academic societies and private associations often sponsored exploring expeditions, usually by selling financial shares in the enterprise. Geographical societies naturally wished to advance knowledge and make discoveries. Several rival expeditions originating from Britain, for example, intended to explore the [...]
What did the Congress of Vienna mean to Britain?
Posted: November 18, 2008 in A Level History, British Empire, British India, History, Imperial Expansion 1815-1870Tags: A Level History, British Empire, Imperial Expansion 1815-1870
As a result of the Congree of Vienna, Great Britain retained: Malta, Heligoland ( a small archipelago in the North Sea, two hours’ sailing time from Cuxhaven at the mouth of the River Elbe),the protectorate of the Ionian Isles (the latter by a treaty signed 5 November 1815), Mauritius, Tobago and Santa Lucia from France [...]
Notes on Rise of Empire (1660-1760) assignment
Posted: November 11, 2008 in A Level History, British Empire, British India, History, IndiaTags: A Level History, British Empire
Your assignment takes the shape of a 2500 word essay on the development of “Empire” in the history of Britain between the years 1660-1760. The overall strategy for this year’s fast-track course is Power politics, with the attempt being made to line up historical strategies for domination with contemporary issues currently on view in the [...]
The Interactive Emergence of European Domination
Posted: October 14, 2008 in A Level History, British India, History, IndiaThe opening of direct European voyages to Asia does not represent a world- historical transformation as fundamental as the establishment of the transatlantic routes but rather a reshaping of connections that had been developing for many centuries.
British India Overview (Dr Marjorie Bloy)
Posted: October 7, 2008 in A Level History, British India, IndiaTags: A Level History, British Empire, British India
Early History In 1601 the English East India Company was founded. A group of City merchants decided to risk their capital only after there had been favourable reports about trade prospects in the East. They sought a monopoly of the East for trading purposes, dealing in silk, ivory, spices and cotton. This ultimately led to [...]

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