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

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Main articles: History of South Africa (1815–1910), History of Egypt under the British, and Scramble for Africa The Rhodes Colossus— Cecil Rhodes spanning "Cape to Cairo" Young, Harold A. (2020). The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Caribbean Court of Justice: Navigating Independence and Changing Political Environments. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4985-8695-5. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021 . Retrieved 27 January 2021. Every so often a book comes out that the entire political class needs to read ... Edgerton is Britain's most exciting and arresting late-modern historian ... Thanks to this rich and compelling book, we now have a proper map and compass. -- Colin Kidd * New Statesman * An affair to remember". The Economist. 27 July 2006. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016 . Retrieved 25 June 2016. Mori, Jennifer (2014). Britain in the Age of the French Revolution: 1785 - 1820. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-89189-5.

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Levine, Philippa (2007). The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset. Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 978-0-582-47281-5. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011 . Retrieved 19 August 2010. Main article: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars The Battle of Waterloo in 1815 ended in the defeat of Napoleon and marked the beginning of Pax Britannica. In 1922, Egypt, which had been declared a British protectorate at the outbreak of the First World War, was granted formal independence, though it continued to be a British client state until 1954. British troops remained stationed in Egypt until the signing of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty in 1936, [173] under which it was agreed that the troops would withdraw but continue to occupy and defend the Suez Canal zone. In return, Egypt was assisted in joining the League of Nations. [174] Iraq, a British mandate since 1920, gained membership of the League in its own right after achieving independence from Britain in 1932. [175] In Palestine, Britain was presented with the problem of mediating between the Arabs and increasing numbers of Jews. The Balfour Declaration, which had been incorporated into the terms of the mandate, stated that a national home for the Jewish people would be established in Palestine, and Jewish immigration allowed up to a limit that would be determined by the mandatory power. [176] This led to increasing conflict with the Arab population, who openly revolted in 1936. As the threat of war with Germany increased during the 1930s, Britain judged the support of Arabs as more important than the establishment of a Jewish homeland, and shifted to a pro-Arab stance, limiting Jewish immigration and in turn triggering a Jewish insurgency. [156]Treaties". Egypt Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010 . Retrieved 20 October 2010. a b Watson, Karl (2 February 2011). "Slavery and Economy in Barbados". BBC History . Retrieved 5 June 2022. McIntyre, W. David (2016). Winding up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-251361-8. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019 . Retrieved 12 February 2018. Magnusson, Magnus (2003). Scotland: The Story of a Nation. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-3932-0. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014 . Retrieved 22 July 2009. 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]

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Britain's declaration of war against Nazi Germany in September 1939 included the Crown colonies and India but did not automatically commit the Dominions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland and South Africa. All soon declared war on Germany. While Britain continued to regard Ireland as still within the British Commonwealth, Ireland chose to remain legally neutral throughout the war. [184] Forget almost everything you thought you knew about Britain ... You will not find a better informed history' David Goodhart, Evening Standard Canny, Nicholas (1998). The Origins of Empire, The Oxford History of the British Empire Volume I. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-924676-2. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016 . Retrieved 22 July 2009.