How did Britain go from ruling a quarter of the world to becoming a depressed island in both the financial and literal sense.
>>18405868Two world wars bankrupting your economy would cause some downsizing to any nation. But you knew this already and this thread isn't about the British Empire.
The colonies were unprofitable
they were depressed even when ruling quarter of the world
My man,Nothing is eternal.
>>18405868India. The entire British Empire was designed to extract good from India. Almost every other colony only existed to facilitate coal station to supply ships going back and forth from India. When the British lost India, it was over.
>>18406539>The entire British Empire was designed to extract good from IndiaThe original cash cow were the sugar plantations in Jamaica
