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.
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帝国联邦/英帝国/19世纪/代表制帝国议会/共同防御
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Imperial Federation/The British Empire/The Nineteenth Century/The Representative Imperial Parliament/Common Defence
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