The Claim of the British Empire to Imperial Federation in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Reasons for its Formation
In the late 19th century,the rapidly expanding British Empire began to suffer from both domestic and foreign pressures,and these crises forced contemporaries to begin thinking about the future of the empire.For most Britons at the time,giving up the empire would have been unimaginable.Thus,one of the central concerns of nineteenth-century British political thought was how to maintain the empire's unity while anticipating the potential for separatism brought about by the current crisis.The concept of"Imperial Federation"was developed with this goal in mind.With federalism serving as the primary political framework,the concept of"Imperial Federation"was developed in order to protect the empire's unity and address both internal and external threats based on common defence,self-government and the establishment of the representative imperial parliament.
Imperial FederationThe British EmpireThe Nineteenth CenturyThe Representative Imperial ParliamentCommon Defence
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