The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History

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Margaret Thatcher had made it her aim to reverse Britain's mythical decline by stimulating the entrepreneurial energies of its people. Edgerton finds little evidence that she succeeded, pointing to the examples of Richard Branson ('a brand' who no longer owns many of the firms using his name); Sir James Dyson, who relocated his manufacturing business from Malmesbury to Malaysia and Singapore (retaining only the firm's research and development facility in Britain); and Sir Alan Sugar, once a serious force in the UK computing industry but now running what is mainly an extensive property portfolio (and, it might be added, fronting a television programme which is more self-parody than the entertaining guide to the role of innovation and management in business it purports to be). Average per Forget almost everything you thought you knew about Britain in the 20th century ... You will not find a better informed history of this country in the last century. -- David Goodhart * Evening Standard * How the Westminster Parliamentary System was exported around the World". University of Cambridge. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013 . Retrieved 16 December 2013. The Westminster system of parliamentary democracy has served as the template for the governments for many former colonies, [273] [274] and English common law for legal systems. [275] International commercial contracts are often based on English common law. [276] The British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council still serves as the highest court of appeal for twelve former colonies. [277]

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To ensure that the increasingly healthy profits of colonial trade remained in English hands, Parliament decreed in 1651 that only English ships would be able to ply their trade in English colonies. This led to hostilities with the United Dutch Provinces—a series of Anglo-Dutch Wars—which would eventually strengthen England's position in the Americas at the expense of the Dutch. [43] In 1655, England annexed the island of Jamaica from the Spanish, and in 1666 succeeded in colonising the Bahamas. [44] Britain was challenged again by France under Napoleon, in a struggle that, unlike previous wars, represented a contest of ideologies between the two nations. [99] It was not only Britain's position on the world stage that was at risk: Napoleon threatened to invade Britain itself, just as his armies had overrun many countries of continental Europe. [100] David, Saul (2003). The Indian Mutiny. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-670-91137-0. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014 . Retrieved 22 July 2009. James, Lawrence (2001). The Rise and Fall of the British Empire. Abacus. ISBN 978-0-312-16985-5. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021 . Retrieved 22 July 2009. Winks, Robin (1999). Winks, Robin (ed.). The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume V: Historiography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.40–42. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205661.001.0001. ISBN 9780198205661.For people living in the colonies, British rule often meant that their traditional languages, religions and ways of living were replaced with the English language, Christianity and British systems of government and education. English remains the official language of many ex-colonies to this day. The number of speakers of some indigenous languages, like that of the Narrator: By 1913, the British had built an empire which ruled over 400 million people and covered a quarter of the Earth’s surface. The empire brought Britain wealth, power and influence. However, for the people that were colonised, it brought violence, disease and famine. 1838 was the second year of Queen Victoria’s reign. Looking at this single year, we can get a sense of the different experiences of life in the British Empire. Rein Taagepera (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly. 41 (3): 475–504. doi: 10.1111/0020-8833.00053. JSTOR 2600793. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018 . Retrieved 28 December 2018. Koebner, Richard (May 1953). "The Imperial Crown of This Realm: Henry VIII, Constantine the Great, and Polydore Vergil". Historical Research. 26 (73): 29–52. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2281.1953.tb02124.x. ISSN 1468-2281.