Themes of the Empire

I. Free Trade

II. Informal empire and “the imperialism of free trade”

III. Gold, G-d, Glory

IV. Mahan’s “Virtuous Triangle”

A. Trade, colonies and the Navy

V. Britain as “workshop of the world”

VI. Britain as population exporter

VII. Britain as capital exporter

VIII. Britain as “morals” exporter

IX.Britain and the “New Imperialism”

A. Competition from Europe

Organization of the Empire

I. White Settler Colonies

A. Voluntary and forced settlement

B. Representative Government

C. Possible federation

II. Dependent Colonial Empire

A. Crown Colonies

1) subjects of the crown

B. Protectorates

1) not subjects of the crown

C. Colonial Office

D. Men-on-the-spot

III. Indian Empire

A. British East India Company

1) “the strangest of all governments designed for the strangest of all empires”--Macaulay

2) “forward policy”

B. Sepoy Mutiny, 1857

C. Dual Government: India Office and Government of India