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A 10 page research paper that examines the topic of colonialism, in general, and focuses on the British Empire, in particular. The writer discusses the extent of the British Empire, some of the forces, which caused European imperialism, and some of the lasting effects of this era. The writer specifically focuses on the history and effect of a British presence in Ireland. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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one fifth of the worlds land surface (Judd, 1999). The phrase that the "sun never sets on the British Empire" was quite apt. Since Hong Kong was turned over to
the Chinese a few years ago, all that remains today of Britains vast empire are some icy wastelands in Antarctica and a few rather unprofitable "specks of red" (Judd,
1999, p. 18). The dependencies that are still maintained by Great Britain include Anguila, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Island, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle
of Man, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St. Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands (CIA, 1991, p. PG). The motive behind the creation of the British Empire and its dramatic colonization effort
in all parts of the world was the fact that colonization brought profit and wealth to a substantial portion of the British population. For a great deal of the nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries, the proportion of Britains trade with her Empire was a healthy 25 to 35 percent of the nations global commerce, with a brief period after World
War II where it rose to 40 per cent (Judd, 1999, p. 18). Britains Empire helped to maintain Great Britain as a
military power on an equal footing with the powers of the European mainland?the great continental powers of France, Germany and Russia (Judd, 1999). Due to the success of the
British Empire, it became an accepted idea in the nineteenth century that the possession of colonies by a country equated with a position as a world power. To have imperial
possessions did much more then merely symbolize world power status?somehow?to have colonies, guaranteed it (Judd, 1999). This was why nations that were newly unified in the nineteenth century, such as
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