strengths & weaknesses of British Empire
wotd:
VERBOSE → using more words than needed to express something
PEJORATIVE → negative connotations (expressing contempt or disapproval)
MUTINY → military rebellion (refusal to obey military orders)
strengths | weaknesses |
|---|---|
naval supremacy (ship building industry) - facilitates easy trading | challenges of a disparate empire (unlike anything else → nothing to compare it to) |
diversity | issue of -ve reaction from indigenous ppl |
availability of capital (the physical or financial resources used to produce value in an economy) + system for lending it | reliant on international trade (if conflict starts or raw materials start to run out, or a competitor for trade appears = an issue) competition = france, usa, germany (spread of technology) → 1850s = rivals of strength |
used the raw materials they had on hand | small army - colonial defence? (eg. india had territories they couldn’t fully take over) |
many successful industries | |
export of systems of education, law, governance |