Britain as a World Power
Facts Empire partly comprises old settlement colonies India separate, but under British rule
Execution of Mutineers at Peshawar in 1857
Government House, Calcutta
Ripon’s Ideas Local self-government Schools in English Elections
Empire Expanding
Lunatic Line
Background Tendency toward neo-mercantilism European balance of power had shifted –Germany most powerful rival
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Attitude Change Empire rediscovered
Rosebery Salisbury
Joseph Chamberlain
Imperialist Creed “Highest Stage of Capitalism”?
Sir Thomas Lipton
Cecil Rhodes
Imperialist Creed Patriotism Natives better off under British rule
Lord Curzon
Lord Cromer
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr. David Livingstone
Imperial Conference, 1902
Why Did Empire Fail? Inherent contradiction in trends
The Boer War and After Demonstrated gap between ideology and reality