Edexcel AS-Level History:
The Experience Of Warfare in Britain 1854-1929
Introduction:
Britain in the 1850's
Here are a few key points of background knowledge that it would be useful to know before beginning to look at the actual content of this section of the course:
- Great Britain had the world's greatest empire
- Britain had a very strong and competant navy
- London was the financial capital of the world
- The British Empire was one of the most powerful and influential empires in the world