POLS 1301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Pax Britannica, Colonial Empire, Religious Conversion
2 Sep 2017
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The pax britannica & the hundred years" peace: between 1815 and 1914, europe and north america prospered due to fleeting and contained conflict as well as fastest economic growth in history, cooperative interaction between world powers. Fear of revolution in europe drove countries to form the concert of europe. Industrial revolution allowed for free trade: british discarded mercantilism and others followed suit, britain became the global market leader with establishment of the gold standard, colonial imperialism in 1870 expansion in africa and asia. The emergence of international relations: the mercantilist era: end of peace: world war i, great depression, dictatorship, world war ii, divided east and. India, egypt, ghana, and the philippines aligned their independence from the two blocs and organized themselves to benefit from their countries" valuable resources. Cold war thaws: threat of imminent conflict receded in the 1970s, the two blocs gradually lost support and power. Worldwide economic developments: regional trade agreements (rtas) established.
