Why arent YOU? But in the same period,Germany,Italy and the United States grew very rapidly in their industrial production. Towards the end of the 19th century, Germany and the United States had already caught up with or even surpassed Britain in the main fields of industry
❖ But in the same period, Germany, Italy and the United States grew very rapidly in their industrial production. ❖ Towards the end of the 19th century, Germany and the United States had already caught up with or even surpassed Britain in the main fields of industry
Having lost her industrial supremacy,Britain faced a severe challenge from Germany and other newly-arisen imperialist countries for the redivision of the world,which led to the outbreak of the First World War(1914-1918)
❖ Having lost her industrial supremacy, Britain faced a severe challenge from Germany and other newly-arisen imperialist countries for the redivision of the world, which led to the outbreak of the First World War (1914-1918)
2.The Boer War ×1899-1902 waged by the British imperialists to effect a political and economic control over the Boer Republics of South Africa another example to mark the rapid decline of the British Empire
2. The Boer War ❖ 1899-1902 ❖ waged by the British imperialists to effect a political and economic control over the Boer Republics of South Africa ❖ another example to mark the rapid decline of the British Empire
The fact that the forces of the most powerful country on earth had great difficulty in defeating the small and ill-equipped Boer forces gave people something of the effect similar to that of the Vietnam War in the American sixties
❖ The fact that the forces of the most powerful country on earth had great difficulty in defeating the small and ill-equipped Boer forces gave people something of the effect similar to that of the Vietnam War in the American sixties
The storm of World War I tremendously weakened the British Empire. For the first time,Britain became a debtor nation,and London lost its position as the financial center of the world
❖ The storm of World War I tremendously weakened the British Empire. ❖ For the first time, Britain became a debtor nation, and London lost its position as the financial center of the world