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The Rise of the british Empire - Coggle Diagram
The Rise of the british Empire
The First Empire
Reasons
Economic reasons
Trade
Creating a commercial network
Rivalry between Spain,Portugal,Netherlands and France
British settlement
Colonization
Justifications
spreading christianity
Establishment of settler Colonies
first trading posts through the East India Company
Economic profit
Civilizing
Developments
War against France (1740-1763)
Aquisition of India and Canada
military and commercial rivalry
British East India Company (foundation in the 17th Century)
American Revolution (1776)
Declaration of Independance marked the end of the First british Empire
Treaty of Paris (1763)
established the British in India and Canada
private commercial Ventures from the Late 16th Century
Had certain Powers of political Control
Second british Empire
Reasons
Shift of Focus to India, Africa and Asia
Industrialization—> Need for raw Materials and new markets
Strategic dominante of world Trade (Suez Canal)
Expansion into Africa
Justifications
Free Trade Ideals replaced mercantilism
„Civilizing Mission“ and Social Darwinism
Humanitarian Arguments (Abolition of slavery (1833)
Need for political stability in colonies (After Indian Mutiny 1857)
Developments
James Cook`s voyages (1770s)—> colonization of Australia and New Zealand
Indian Mutiny (1857)—> Bitish government takes Control from the East India Company (1858)
British North America Act (1867) —> Start of devolution in settler colonies
Expansion into Africa
Decolonization After WW2 (India 1947; Africa 1950s-60s)
Handover of Hong Kong (1997) —> Symbolic end of the British Empire