The Great British

Why the British Empire declined

2. Colonial independence movement. Colonies gained their independence but also to the decline of the British Empire with a heavy blow, he lost a great deal of the origin of raw materials in the past and overseas markets.
The Formation of the Empire


By the end of the 19th century, the British Empire included a quarter of the global population and nearly a quarter of the world’s landmass. During the mid-19th century, the British government consolidated the existing colonies by bringing them under the direct control of the government.
The Formation of the Empire

Before World War I, Britain had the largest colonial empire in the world .
The Fall of the Empire

There is no doubt that Britain suffered great loss to its manpower in the two world wars and exhausted its reserves of gold, dollars and overseas investment. Most of Britain’s colonies gained independence since the 1940s, which inevitably led to the fall of the Empire.
Why the British Empire declined

1. Two world war attack. Two world wars basic all are by the European primarily battlefield, the long-term war has consumed England's national strength enormously, but his very many original sphere of influence and the economical political influence substituted in the war by USA, this also is a very important reason.
Above all , Its own recession and foreign combat has resulted in the British Empire's decline.

The End
The Fall of the Empire


after the World War II, most of Britain’s colonies demanded and fought for independence. India and Pakistan became independent in 1947, followed by Burma and Malaya in 1948. Egypt drove the British army out of the country and Suez Canal zone in 1956. In the 1960s, an independence movement swept the entire British Empire. More than 20 countries won their independence. The empire had been replaced by the British Commonwealth of nations, a loosely organized community of former British colonies.
Why the British Empire declined

The British capitalists have not been very good for the country look prosperous plays an important role in the industry, but it fits more easily in more profitable trade, and a large number of overseas capital outflows to the colonial cause domestic industrial general lack of funds, it cannot be more technologies, it gradually aging industrial system.
The British Empire
1. The development of the Empire 2. Britain in the World Wars 3. The Fall of the Empire 4. Why the British Empire declined

The Formation of the Empire
Why the British Empire declined

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United Kingdom is the world pioneer of capitalism, but it does not mean that will always lead, system, other countries to follow the United Kingdom established the emerging capitalist system, and according to their actual development of their economy, if properly, catch up with United Kingdom is possible.


Colonization of Newfoundland, the first British colony overseas, in 1583 marked the beginning of the British Empire. By 1837, Britain had long been an empire which included the colonies in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and many small states in the West Indies.
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Why the British Empire declined

In Germany, the US, Japan and other emerging capitalist countries had not so much because of the colony, the efforts are under way, in order to achieve a more new technologies more market share and revenue. The United Kingdom, it is no more backward, and in other countries.