Their settlers and armed forces vied for space and supremacy in North America, the West Indies, Africa, Asia, and Europe. ... As the eighteenth century progressed, the debate over a woman's proper place in society grew intense, not just in Britain, but throughout Western Europe and North America. ... After the aftermath of the American war, the British elite proved to the British people that they had the ability and the right to rule. ... After the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, Britain established itself as the foremost European power. ... Since the 1780s, Britons had been at war, first...

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