Determine the impact of nineteenth century British imperialism on twentieth century British political culture.
The former imperialistic British Empire of the nineteenth century has become the very tolerant, humble, non-slavery, and non-expansionist England of the twentieth century. During the nineteenth century, the British Empire followed a very aggressive trade policy with expansionistic ideals to try and spread Christian civilization upon all parts of the Earth. These arrogant policies often led to conflict with the natives of other lands because of the lack of respect shown by the British people to the natives. However, Britain did not use slavery because of the high production of trade which did not require many slaves. Due to the fact that the British military was needed at certain places throughout the empire at certain times, the rise of "responsible government," or government by the citizens of a colony, showed England that they could continue to have healthy economic and social relationships with other colonies without the use of force and direct control. After many encounters with many other cultures and ethnicities, the British people became quite tolerant, for they quickly learned that being tolerant and respectful was the only way to peacefully coexist with other ethnicities. .
Although the British people felt that they were superior than other peoples, they also felt very righteous because they never chained and committed other people to slavery. For example, in 1794 British troops captured French-held sugar-producing islands in the Caribbean. Due to the overabundance of sugar on the British market, there was little need for slaves. In fact, the British Royal Navy went to great lengths to stop the slave trade to the west from Africa. Because England was never involved in slavery or the slave trade, they never developed any form of violent racism that other countries possessed.
