the year 1914, the beginning of World War I. During this century, the British empire stretched all

over the globe extending its language, its culture, and its economy throughout Africa, India, Asia,

and the Chinese and Ottoman empires, and further. For the most part, the British preferred to

rule its empire informally for reasons such as finances, fear of conflict, and governmental

responsibilities and burdens. There were times when formal rule was required, and Britain's self

image of power and superiority gave it the will to use force if necessary. Imperialism is the way in

which a group gains formal or informal influence over another group's politics, society, and

economy. The British imperialism that expanded the British empire in the nineteenth century

happened suddenly and unexpectedly and led to great global changes on the way to the first world

Why Britain Sought to Gain the World

There is no one explanation for why Britain gained so much global power so suddenly. It

has been said that perhaps it was due to British superiority economically as well as its technology

globalization process. The imperialist century resulted in diffusing cultures from all over. Though

Problems came about when Britain tried to established an Anglicized middle class of

plague and other such disasters to simply gain power for the British. People were dissatisfied,

society. Because it was the first industrial nation in the world, the imperial power has

The British did not have quite as much success in their rulings in the Ottoman and Chinese

and soldiers. This method of indirect rule allowed for many diverse cultures to maintain most of

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