On the rise and fall of the British order

Abstract

England’s ability to create and exploit free trade policies, its colonial ambitions and the power of technological development and industrialization had the country rose to an empire that had "the sun that never sets", "the world's factory", and "the trading centre of the universe" in the 19th century. These factors laid the foundation for the "British Order" in which the empire dominated international relations for a century, between 1815 and 1914. However, due to its overambitious imperial project and international competition, particularly from the US,  the British empire was weakened and Britannica in the twentieth century.