Why was the British Empire so good?

There is no doubt that Britain was powerful. It used its wealth, its armies and its navy to defeat rival European countries and to conquer local peoples to establish its empire. However, the empire did not just rely on force. In most of the empire Britain relied heavily on local people to make it work.

Who was more powerful British or French?

France surpassed the US and Britain as the world’s top soft power, according to an annual survey examining how much non-military global influence an individual country wields. Britain headed the list two years ago, but was edged off top spot by the US last year.

Why did the French empire fail?

The French colonial empire began to fall apart during the Second World War, when various parts of their empire were occupied by foreign powers (Japan in Indochina, Britain in Syria and Lebanon, the US and Britain in Morocco and Algeria, Germany in Tunisia).

How did the British Empire fall?

The empire changed throughout its history. The First and Second World Wars left Britain weakened and less interested in its empire. Also many parts of the empire contributed troops and resources to the war effort and took an increasingly independent view. This led to a steady decline of the empire after 1945.

Why was the British Empire a good thing?

Why the British Empire was a very good thing. The left spout that Empire was exploitative and merely extracted the wealth of other nations. This is a lie. Empire was all about trade, creating markets for British goods around the world whilst creating markets for global goods in Britain. And huge trade between all the different parts of Empire.

What was Britain’s greatest military advantage in the colonies?

Two words: Royal Navy. The Royal Navy was the decisive advantage that Britain had over other colonial empires and colonial victims. People always love giving a lot of attention to land battles and armies and generals, but…

What happened to the global influence of the British Empire?

The First Empire had great global influence, but that largely died, and the Second Empire was never able to regain the upper hand – one of the major reasons for this was that by the time of its founding, Britannia ruled the waves. Any global hegemony (cultural or otherwise) was ended at Trafalgar, and any European dominance at Waterloo.

Was the British Empire based on trade or conquest?

The British Empire was based on trade, not conquest. The British rule was rule of law, not arbitrariness, imperial decrees, whim or ukaz of the regent nor sheer terror. Throughout its Imperial history, Britain was a constitutional parliamentary monarchy and on its last phases, a democracy.